Nicrophorus marginatus
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For the species misidentified by Gistel
Gistel
Gistel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Gistel proper and the towns of Moere, Snaaskerke and Zevekote. On January 1, 2006 Gistel had a total population of 11,125. The total area is 42.25 km² which gives a population...

 in 1857 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus marginatus, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus tomentosus
Nicrophorus tomentosus
Gold-necked carrion beetle, Nicrophorus tomentosus, is a species of burying beetle that was described by Friedrich Weber in 1801. The beetle belongs to the Silphidae family whom are carrion beetles. The beetles have sensitive antennae that contain olfactory organs. Thus, the beetle can locate dead...


Nicrophorus marginatus is a burying beetle
Burying beetle
Burying beetles or sexton beetles are the best-known members of the family Silphidae . Burying beetles are true to their name. Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra . They bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae...

 described by Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...

 in 1801.
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