Nicrophorus insularis
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For the species misidentified by Lafer in 1989 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus insularis, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus investigator
Nicrophorus investigator
Nicrophorus is a burying beetle described by Zetterstedt in 1824.-References:http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf...


Nicrophorus insularis 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 A.H. Grouvelle in 1893.
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