Nicrophorus humator explained

Nicrophorus humator is a burying beetle described by Gleditsch in 1767 (as Silpha humator). It has a Palearctic distribution, including North Africa.[1] A fossil dating to around 10,500 years ago was described in 1962 by Pearson.

Notes and References

  1. Sikes . Derek S. . Madge . Ronald B. . Newton . Alfred F. . August 29, 2002 . A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world . Zootaxa . 65 . 1 . 1 . 0-9582395-1-7 . 10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1 . free . https://web.archive.org/web/20060910193721/http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf . September 10, 2006 . live.

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