BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
POLYPHAGA
(mainly terrestrial beetles)
Staphyliniformia
(burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
STAPHYLINOIDEA
SILPHIDAE
(sexton beetles)
NICROPHORINAE
(a subfamily of sexton beetles)
Nicrophorus
(sexton beetles)
Nicrophorus investigator
(a sexton beetle)
Nicrophorus investigator
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824 (a sexton beetle)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos # macrophotos Date Vice-county Country
Nicrophorus investigator Imago 6 6 27 Jul 2003 Berks England
Nicrophorus investigator Imago 3 3 3 Aug 1997 Berks England

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph) A Coleopterist's handbook

Nicrophorus investigator may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 STAPHYLINOIDEA SILPHIDAE
(sexton beetles)		 Nicrophorus
(sexton beetles)

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