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Nicrophorini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Necrophoridae was named by Kirby (1837). It is extant. Its type is Nicrophorus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Nicrophorinae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Rŭžička (2015), Sohn and Nam (2021); it was reranked as the tribe Nicrophorini by Cai (2025).

It was assigned to Silphidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Rŭžička (2015), Sohn and Nam (2021); and to Silphinae by Cai (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Nicrophorinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Nicrophorinae Bouchard et al.
2015Nicrophorinae Rŭžička p. 299
2021Nicrophorinae Sohn and Nam p. 585
2025Nicrophorini Cai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilySilphinae
tribeNicrophorini()
tribeNicrophorini()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Nicrophorini Kirby 1837
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G. †Cretosaja Sohn and Nam 2021
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Cretosaja jinjuensis Sohn and Nam 2021
Cretosaja thayerae Cai 2025
G. Nicrophorus Fabricius 1775
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Necrophorus pliozaenicus Gersdorf 1969
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky 1845
Nicrophorus investigator Zettersetdt 1824
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius 1801
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Invalid names: Nicrophorus guttulus labreae Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus mckittricki Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus obtusiscutellum Pierce 1949 [synonym]
Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim 1843
Invalid names: Nicrophorus guttulus punctostriatus Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus investigator alpha Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus investigator latifrons Pierce 1949 [synonym]
G. †Palaeosilpha Flach 1890
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Palaeosilpha fraasii Flach 1890
G. †Paracretosaja Cai 2025
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G. Ptomascopus Kraatz 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Ptomascopus sp., Paracretosaja newtoni, Cretosaja thayerae (111725)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Nei Mongol) Nicrophorinae indet. (125655)
Albian113.2 - 100.5South Korea Cretosaja jinjuensis (184781)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Nicrophorus sp. (161726)
Priabonian - Chattian37.71 - 23.04France Ptomascopus aveyronensis (160862)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Ptomascopus aveyronensis (160864) Ptomascopus aveyronensis, Palaeosilpha fraasii (153155)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Necrophorus pliozaenicus (109196)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Nicrophorus guttulus (152006 161531) Nicrophorus guttulus, Nicrophorus mckittricki, Nicrophorus obtusiscutellum, Nicrophorus investigator, Nicrophorus guttulus (152007) Nicrophorus mckittricki, Nicrophorus guttulus (161528 161529 161530) Nicrophorus mckittricki, Nicrophorus guttulus, Nicrophorus investigator (161535)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Nicrophorus mckittricki (161518 161532)