Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801
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For the species misidentified by Gistel in 1857 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus marginatus, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus tomentosus.

Nicrophorus marginatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species:
N. marginatus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus marginatus
Fabricius, 1801
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  • Nicrophorus vespillo v. "beta" Frölich, 1792 (Unav.)
  • Necrophorus [sic] marginatus Fabricius, 1801
  • Necrophorus [sic] lunulatus Gistel, 1848
  • Necrophorus [sic] lunatus Gistel, 1857
  • Necrophorus [sic] montezumae Matthews, 1888
  • Nicrophorus mckittricki Pierce, 1949
  • Nicrophorus obtusisculletum Pierce, 1949
  • Nicrophorus guttulus labreae Pierce, 1949
  • Nicrophorus investigator latifrons Pierce, 1949

Nicrophorus marginatus, also known as the margined sexton beetle, margined burying beetle,[2] or the red and black burying beetle,[3] is a burying beetle described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801. Adults are 12–28 millimetres (0.47–1.10 in) in length and are shiny black with red-orange elytra bands and antennae clubs.[3]

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  1. ^ Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (29 August 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world". Zootaxa. 65 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 September 2006.
  2. ^ "Margined Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780520288744.
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