Nicrophorus sepultor
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For the species misidentified by Gyllenhal
in 1827 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus sepultor, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus vestigator
Nicrophorus sepultor is a burying beetle
described by Toussaint de Charpentier
in 1825.
Leonard Gyllenhaal
Leonard Gyllenhaal was a Swedish military officer and entomologist.Born on the Ribbingsberg manor in Västergötland in west Sweden, Leonard Gyllenhaal was son of an army officer and belonged to a family of the lower nobility...
in 1827 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus sepultor, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus vestigator
Nicrophorus vestigator
-References:http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf...
Nicrophorus sepultor 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 Toussaint de Charpentier
Toussaint de Charpentier
Toussaint de Charpentier was a German geologist and entomologist.He was the author of Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae .-Biography:...
in 1825.