Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Staphyliniformia > Superfamily Staphylinoidea > Family Silphidae > Subfamily Nicrophorinae > Genus Nicrophorus

Nicrophorus germanicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Silpha Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nicrophorus*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name
*Acanthopsilus*	Portevin, 1914	generic synonym
*Cyrtoscelis*	Hope, 1840	generic synonym
*Eunecrophorus*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Necrocharis*	Portevin, 1923	generic synonym
*Necrocleptes*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Necrophorindus*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Necrophoriscus*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Necrophorus*	Fabricius, 1792	generic synonym
*Necropter*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Necroxenus*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Neonicrophorus*	Hatch, 1946	generic synonym
*Nesonecrophorus*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Nesonecropter*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym
*Stictonecropter*	Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933	generic synonym

Species group names

*Silpha germanicus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Dermestes listerianus*	Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus apicalis*	Kraatz, 1880	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus armeniacus*	Portevin, 1922	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus bimaculatus*	Haworth, 1807	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus bipunctatus*	Kraatz, 1880	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus cadaverinus*	Gistel, 1857	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus frontalis*	Fischer von Waldheim, 1844	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus grandior*	Angell, 1912	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus ornatus*	Hlisnikovsky, 1964	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus proserpinae*	Gistel, 1857	subjective synonym
*Necrophorus ruthenus*	Motschulsky, 1859	subjective synonym
*Silpha fascifera*	Reitter, 1884	subjective synonym
*Silpha speciosa*	Schulze, 1775	subjective synonym