Nicrophorus vespillo

Nicrophorus vespillo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. vespillo
Binomial name
	Nicrophorus vespillo; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	List Silpha Vespillo Linnaeus, 1758 ; Nicrophorus vulgaris Fabricius, 1775 ; Necrophorus [sic] bifasciatus Hausmann, 1799 (Unav.) ; Necrophorus [sic] cadaverinus Gravenhorst, 1807 ; Necrophagus spinipes Leach, 1815 (Missp.) ; Necrophorus [sic] curvipes Duftschmidt, 1825 ; Necrophorus [sic] hadenius Gistel, 1857 ; Necrophorus [sic] vespillo v. minor Westhoff, 1881 ; Necrophorus [sic] vespillo v. varendorffi Westhoff, 1881 ; Necrophorus [sic] vespillo v. Bolsmanni Westhoff, 1881 ; Necrophorus [sic] vespillo v. fauvelis Fauconnet, 1893 ; Necrophorus [sic] hauseri Hlisnikovsky, 1932 ; Necrophorus [sic] vespillo v. bohemicus Roubal, 1939;

Nicrophorus vespillo is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It has a paleartic distribution and is commonly found across Europe and Asia, extending from Western Europe to Mongolia.^[1]

^ Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (29 August 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world" (PDF). Zootaxa. 65 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2006.