Nicrophorinae

Nicrophorinae Temporal range: .0105–Recent Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
American Burying Beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Nicrophorinae
Tribes
Nicrophorini

Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.

The only tribe is Nicrophorini.

A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Pearson.