Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824
(a sexton beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNicrophorus investigator (a sexton beetle)
GenusNicrophorus (sexton beetles)
SubfamilyNICROPHORINAE (a subfamily of sexton beetles)
FamilySILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Nicrophorus investigator (a sexton beetle) :
1: Nicrophorus investigator (a sexton beetle)
27 Jul 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Heath Trap 26/27 July 03
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - mites removedImage 3: Adult - dorsal view - mites removed (2)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - some mites removedImage 5: Adult - dorsal view - some mites removed (2)Image 6: Adult - ventral view
2: Nicrophorus investigator (a sexton beetle)
3 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Heath trap
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - lateral viewImage 3: Adult - ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Nicrophorus investigator (a sexton beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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