Nicrophorus carolina

Nicrophorus carolina is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Its specific name has commonly been misspelled as carolinus.^[1]

Nicrophorus carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. carolina
Binomial name
Nicrophorus carolina (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
Silpha carolina Linnaeus, 1771 Necrophorus [sic] mediatus Fabricius, 1801 Necrophorus [sic] medianus Leach & Nodder, 1815 (misspelling) Necrophorus [sic] mysticallis Angell, 1912 Necrocharis carolinus v. dolosus Portevin, 1923 Nicrophorus carolinus floridae Brimley, 1938