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Nicrophorini
Nicrophorini is a tribe of burying beetles or carrion beetles in the subfamily Silphinae. It was formerly treated as subfamily Nicrophorinae within family Silphidae, but this family was found to be nested in family Staphylinidae in phylogenetic analyses and Silphidae was reassigned as a subfamily Staphylinidae. Genera This beetle tribe contains the following genera: Extant genera *'' Eonecrophorus'' Kurosawa, 1985 *''Nicrophorus Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus ''Nicrophorus'', are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). Burying beetles are true to their name†...'' Fabricius, 1775 *'' Proscapheus'' *'' Ptomascopus'' Kraatz, 1876 Extinct genera *†'' Cretosaja'' Sohn, Jae-Cheon & Gi Soo Nam, 2021 *†'' Palaeosilpha'' Flach, 1890 References Silphidae {{Silphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Burying Beetle
''Nicrophorus americanus'', also known as the American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, is a critically endangered species of beetle endemic to North America. It belongs to the order Coleoptera and the family Silphidae. The carrion beetle in North America is carnivorous, feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed. It is also a member of one of the few genera of beetle to exhibit parental care. The decline of the American burying beetle has been attributed to habitat loss, alteration, and degradation, and they now occur in less than 10% of their historic range. Description ''N. americanus'' adults are between 25 and 45 mm long and can be identified by their striking, distinctive coloring. The body is shiny black, and on each elytron (wing cover) are two scalloped, orange-red markings. Most distinctively, there is an orange-red marking on the pronotum, which distinguishes the species from all other North American '' Nicrophorus''. The front of the head has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eonecrophorus
''Eonecrophorus tenuicornis'' is a species of carrion beetle found in eastern Nepal. First described scientifically by Yoshihiko Kurosawa in 1985, ''E. tenuicornis'' is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ... ''Eonecrophorus''. References Silphidae Insects of Nepal Beetles described in 1985 Monotypic Staphyliniformia genera {{Silphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicrophorus
Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus ''Nicrophorus'', are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). Burying beetles are true to their name—they bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae. They are unusual among insects in that both the male and female parents take care of the brood. They are carnivores. The genus name is sometimes spelled ''Necrophorus'' in older texts: this was an unjustified emendation by Carl Peter Thunberg (1789) of Fabricius's original name, and is not valid under the ICZN. The American burying beetle (''Nicrophorus americanus'') has been on the U.S. endangered species list since 1989. Reproduction Burying beetles have large club-like antennae equipped with chemoreceptors capable of detecting a dead animal from a long distance. After finding a carcass (most usually that of a small bird or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptomascopus
Ptomascopus is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Nicrophorinae that contains the following species: * Ptomascopus morio Kraatz, 1877 * Ptomascopus plagiatus Ménétriés, 1854 * Ptomascopus zhangla Háva, Schneider & Růžička, 1999 * Ptomascopus aveyronensis Flach, 1890 References Silphidae {{Silphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silphinae
Silphinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 113 extant species of this subfamily, in two tribe and in 14 genera. It contains the following tribes and genera: Tribes and genera * Necrodini Portevin, 1926 ** ''Diamesus'' Hope, 1840 ** '' Necrodes'' Leach, 1815 * Silphini Latreille, 1806 ** ''Ablattaria'' Reitter, 1884 ** '' Aclypea'' Reitter, 1884 ** '' Dendroxena'' Motschulsky, 1858 ** '' Heterosilpha'' Portevin, 1926 ** ''Heterotemna'' Wollaston, 1864 ** ''Necrophila'' Kirby & Spence, 1828 ** ''Oiceoptoma'' Leach, 1815 ** ''Oxelytrum'' Gistel, 1848 ** '' Phosphuga'' Leach, 1817 ** ''Ptomaphila'' Kirby & Spence, 1828 ** '' Silpha'' Linnaeus, 1758 ** '' Thanatophilus'' Leach, 1815 ** '' Allopliosilpha'' Gersdorf, 1969 ** ''Pliosilpha ''Pliosilpha strausi'' is an extinct species of Silphidae, carrion beetle that lived in Germany during the Middle Pliocene. First described scientifically by Gersdorf in 1971, ''P. strausi'' is the only species in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staphylinidae
The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is currently recognized as the largest extant family of organisms. It is an ancient group, with fossilized rove beetles known from the Triassic, 200 million years ago, and possibly even earlier if the genus ''Leehermania'' proves to be a member of this family. They are an ecologically and morphologically diverse group of beetles, and commonly encountered in terrestrial ecosystems. One well-known species is the devil's coach-horse beetle. For some other species, see list of British rove beetles. Anatomy As might be expected for such a large family, considerable variation exists among the species. Sizes range from <1 to , with most in the 2–8 mm range, and the form is generally elongated, with some rove beetles being ovoid i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaeosilpha
''Palaeosilpha fraasii'' is an extinct species of carrion beetle that lived during the Chatti, a subdivision of the Oligocene epoch. References †A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species). It is one of the modern descendan ... Fossil taxa described in 1890 Fossil beetle genera Monotypic beetle genera {{Silphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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