''Nicrophorus japonicus'' is a burying beetle described by

Edgar von Harold Baron Edgar von Harold (30 May 1830 – 1 August 1886) was an influential Scarabaeidae expert and entomologist who was active in the 19th century. Biography Edgar von Harold was born in Munich to a German family with Irish origins. He complet ...

in 1877. It has eastern Palearctic distribution in Japan, Korea, Mongolia, northern and central China, and the

Ussuri The Ussuri or Wusuli (russian: Уссури; ) is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, flowing north and forming part of the Si ...

region of Russia (Siberia).

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Silphidae Beetles of Asia Beetles described in 1877 {{Silphidae-stub