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Kevin SCHEERS and Wouter DEKONINCK (2022)

Confirmation of Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825 as a Belgian species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae)

Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 158:119-122.

Abstract

In this note the status of the burying beetle Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825 as a Belgian species is confirmed based on eight specimens found in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS). The records are presented, mapped and the diagnostic features of this species are given.

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Peer Review, Open Access, PDF available, RBINS Collection(s)

Keywords

Carrion beetles, Silphidae, burying beetles, sexton beetles, Belgium

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ISSN: 1374-8297

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