Common Name:
Sexton Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
Tribe:
Species:
Nicrophorus orbicollis

Hodges No:

Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir
Crawford County, PA
USA

Date: 7/4/06

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: a.k.a.Carrion Beetle with mites attached

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