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Nicrophorus americanus, also known as the American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, is a critically endangered species of beetle endemic to North America. [3] It belongs to the order Coleoptera and the family Silphidae. The carrion beetle in North America is carnivorous, feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed. It is also a member ...
As of 2020, the American burying beetle (N. americanus) was reclassified from the endangered category to threatened by the Fish and Wildlife Service. [4] Burying beetles are important to the ecosystem and aid in nutrient recycling by burying dead animals. This allows for the nutrient-rich carcass to be recycled by the system. [15]
The American carrion beetle (Necrophila americana, [1] formerly Silpha americana) is a North American beetle of the family Silphidae. It lays its eggs in, and its larvae consume, raw flesh (particularly that of dead animals) and fungi. The larvae and adults also consume fly larvae and the larvae of other carrion beetles that compete for the ...
Nicrophorus americanus, known as the American burying beetle, is an endangered species. [3] The oldest fossils of silphids are known from the Middle Jurassic (~ 163 million years ago) Daohugou Bed in Northern China. [4] [5] Many Silphidae are flightless although they have wings. This loss is thought to be a result due to the changes in habitat ...
As of November 1, 2009, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed approximately 1,200 animals as endangered or threatened in North America.. Note: This list is intended only for species listed as endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, not species listed as endangered by other countries or agencies such as the ...
American burying beetle: Nicrophorus americanus: 2015 [49] South Carolina: Carolina mantis (state insect) Stagmomantis carolina: 1988 [50] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1994 [51] South Dakota: European honey bee: Apis mellifera: 1978 [52] Tennessee: Common eastern firefly (state insect) Photinus pyralis: 1975 [53 ...
Nicrophorini is a tribe of burying beetles or carrion beetles in the subfamily Silphinae. [1] It was formerly treated as subfamily Nicrophorinae within family Silphidae, but this family was found to be nested in family Staphylinidae in phylogenetic analyses and Silphidae was reassigned as a subfamily Staphylinidae. [2]
Click beetle-like fungus weevil (Homoeodera elateroides) Greater fungus weevil (Homoeodera major) Bark beetle-like fungus weevil (Homoeodera scolytoides) Hydrotarsus compunctus; Meladema imbricata; American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) Cromwell chafer beetle (Prodontria lewisi) Propomacrus cypriacus; Thorectes coloni