Staphylinidae
Oxyporus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxyporus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxyporus rufus is a 20mm long black-and-orange rove beetle with distinct color patterning and scimitar-like mandibles.
Nicrophorus investigator (Zetterstedt, 1824)
Nicrophorus investigator (Zetterstedt, 1824)
Nicrophorus investigator is a burying beetle first described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1824.
Nicrophorus marginatus (Fabricius, 1801)
Nicrophorus marginatus (Fabricius, 1801)
Nicrophorus marginatus is a black burying beetle with red-orange markings, described in 1801, measuring 12–28 mm long.
Nicrophorus defodiens (Mannerheim, 1846)
Nicrophorus defodiens (Mannerheim, 1846)
Nicrophorus defodiens is a burying beetle, one of at least two that can breed in the forest canopy.
Nicrophorus nigrita (Mannerheim, 1843)
Nicrophorus nigrita (Mannerheim, 1843)
Nicrophorus nigrita (the black burying beetle) is a mostly black North American burying beetle with red-orange antenna clubs.
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783
Nicrophorus vespilloides is a widely distributed burying beetle with distinct markings and biparental care centered on small vertebrate carcasses.
Nicrophorus orbicollis (Say, 1825)
Nicrophorus orbicollis (Say, 1825)
Nicrophorus orbicollis is a nearctic carrion-feeding burying beetle used in medical and forensic scientific research.
Nicrophorus americanus A.G.Olivier, 1790
Nicrophorus americanus A.G.Olivier, 1790
Nicrophorus americanus, the American burying beetle, is a North American carrion-specialist burying beetle with biparental care.
Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch, 1767)
Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch, 1767)
Nicrophorus humator is a Palearctic-distributed burying beetle first described by Gleditsch in 1767, with a 10,500-year-old fossil described in 1962.
Nicrophorus vespillo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nicrophorus vespillo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nicrophorus vespillo is a large beetle with distinct markings that provides biparental care to offspring near buried carrion.
Nicrophorus tomentosus (Weber, 1801)
Nicrophorus tomentosus (Weber, 1801)
Nicrophorus tomentosus is a species of burying beetle with distinct traits, found near carcasses, that can breed in forest canopies.
Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Nicrophorus carolina is a 1771-described burying beetle whose specific name is commonly misspelled carolinus.
Nicrophorus pustulatus (Herschel, 1807)
Nicrophorus pustulatus (Herschel, 1807)
Nicrophorus pustulatus is a North American canopy-dwelling burying beetle that unusually can breed on snake eggs.
Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830)
Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830)
Nicrophorus interruptus is a rare, widely distributed black and red carrion beetle that detects dead animals via specialized antennae.
Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Kraatz, 1877)
Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Kraatz, 1877)
Nicrophorus quadripunctatus is an East Asian burying beetle well studied for its biparental care behavior.
Nicrophorus nepalensis (Hope, 1831)
Nicrophorus nepalensis (Hope, 1831)
Nicrophorus nepalensis is a small burying beetle that lives in Asian and Malay Archipelago mountain regions, known for cooperative breeding and biparental care.
Nicrophorus hebes (Kirby, 1837)
Nicrophorus hebes (Kirby, 1837)
Nicrophorus vespilloides is a widely distributed burying beetle with biparental care centered on breeding in small vertebrate carcasses.
Heterosilpha ramosa (Say, 1823)
Heterosilpha ramosa (Say, 1823)
Heterosilpha ramosa, the garden carrion beetle, is a Silphidae family carrion beetle found in Central and North America.
Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst, 1793)
Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst, 1793)
Thanatophilus lapponicus, the northern carrion beetle, is a Silphidae carrion beetle found across four regional ranges.
Thanatophilus truncatus (Say, 1823)
Thanatophilus truncatus (Say, 1823)
Thanatophilus truncatus is a carrion beetle species in the Silphidae family found in Central and North America.
Aclypea opaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aclypea opaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aclypea opaca, the dark carrion beetle, is a Silphidae family carrion beetle found in Europe, Northern Asia excluding China, and North America.
Necrophila americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Necrophila americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Necrophila americana, the American carrion beetle, is a North American silphid beetle that feeds and breeds on carrion.
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 is a carrion beetle species in the Silphidae family, found across Europe, Northern Asia excluding China, and North America.
Oiceoptoma inaequale (Fabricius, 1781)
Oiceoptoma inaequale (Fabricius, 1781)
The ridged carrion beetle Oiceoptoma inaequale is a North American carrion beetle that breeds on western rat snake carcasses.
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