Nicrophorus investigator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. investigator
Binomial name
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824
Synonyms
List Necrophorus [sic] investigator Zetterstedt, 1824 Necrophorus [sic] maritimus Guérin-Ménéville, 1835 Necrophorus [sic] ruspator Erichson, 1837 Necrophorus [sic] Melsheimeri Kirby, 1837 Necrophorus [sic] particeps Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 Necrophorus [sic] aleuticus Gistel, 1848 Necrophorus [sic] pollinctor Mannerheim, 1853 Necrophorus [sic] infodiens Mannerheim, 1853 Necrophorus [sic] confossor LeConte, 1854 Necrophorus [sic] labiatus Motschulsky, 1860 Necrophorus [sic] sibiricus Motschulsky, 1860 Necrophorus [sic] microcephalus Thomson, 1862 Silpha funeror Reitter, 1884 Silpha praedator Reitter, 1887 Necrophorus [sic] latifasciatus Lewis, 1887 Necrophorus [sic] funerator Fauvel, 1890 Necrophorus [sic] investigator v. intermedius Reitter, 1895 Necrophorus [sic] interruptus v. submaculatus Reitter, 1895 Necrophorus [sic] investigator v. variolosus Portevin, 1924 Necrophorus [sic] baeckmanni Kieseritzky, 1930 Necrophorus [sic] (Necropter) chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953[1] Necrophorus [sic] praedator insularis Lafer, 1989 (Preocc.)

Nicrophorus investigator is a burying beetle first described by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1824.

References

• [Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (August 29, 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world". Zootaxa. 65 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006. Sikes et al. 2002]