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Silphidae of Wisconsin

Carrion and Burying Beetles of Wisconsin

Subfamily Genus species Author Year Common Name uBio NCBI ITIS Google Google Google
Nicrophorinae Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1791 American Burying Beetle Ubio Scholar Text Images
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846 Ubio Scholar Text Images
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 Ubio Scholar Text Images
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 Ubio Scholar Text Images
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807 Ubio Scholar Text Images
Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840 Ubio Scholar Text Images
Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 Ubio Scholar Text Images
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1784 Ubio Scholar Text Images
Silphinae Heterosilpha ramosa (Say, 1823) Ubio Scholar Text Images
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 Carrion beetle Ubio Scholar Text Images
Necrophila americana (Linnaeus, 1758) Ubio Scholar Text Images
Oiceoptoma inaequalis (Fabricius, 1781) Scholar Text Images
Oiceoptoma noveboracense (Forster, 1771) Ubio Scholar Text Images
Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst, 1793) Ubio Scholar Text Images

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