Nicrophorus nigrita

Nicrophorus nigrita is a burying beetle described by Mannerheim in 1843. It is found along the west coast of North America, from British Columbia to Baja California, inland through Nevada. ^[1]

Nicrophorus nigrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. nigrita
Binomial name
Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843
Synonyms
Necrophorus [sic] nigrita Mannerheim, 1843 Necrophorus [sic] lateralis Eschscholtz, 1845 (Nom. Nud.) Nicrophorus ruficornis Motschulsky, 1870 Nicrophorus investigator alpha Pierce, 1949