Nicrophorini

Nicrophorini

Nicrophorini

Subfamily of beetles

Nicrophorini is a tribe of burying beetles or carrion beetles in the subfamily Silphinae.[1] 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.[2]

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Genera

This beetle tribe contains the following genera:[1]

Extant genera

Extinct genera

  • †Cretosaja Sohn, Jae-Cheon & Gi Soo Nam, 2021
  • †Palaeosilpha Flach, 1890

References

  1. [1]
    "Nicrophorini Kirby, 1837". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. [2]
    Sikes, Derek S.; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F. (2024). "Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): A review of the evidence". ZooKeys (1200): 159–182. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835. PMC 11096728.


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