Nicrophorus basalis
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For the original beetle named Nicrophorus basalis by Gistel
in 1848 but realized to have already been catalogued under a different name, see Nicrophorus interruptus
Nicrophorus basalis is a burying beetle
described by Faldermann
in 1835.
Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel
Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel (1809 - 1873 (or 1874) was a German naturalist.He was the author of works on entomology such as Die jetzt lebenden Entomologen, Kerffreunde und kerfsammler Europa’s und der...
in 1848 but realized to have already been catalogued under a different name, see Nicrophorus interruptus
Nicrophorus interruptus
For the species misidentified by Gaspard Auguste Brullé in 1832 and again by Gistel in 1857, declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus basalis, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus vestigator...
Nicrophorus basalis is a burying beetle
Burying beetle
Burying beetles or sexton beetles are the best-known members of the family Silphidae . Burying beetles are true to their name. Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra . They bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae...
described by Faldermann
Franz Faldermann
Franz Faldermann was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.Falderman described many new taxa of Coleoptera.His major works are:...
in 1835.