Nicrophorus vestigator — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Staphylinidae/Nicrophorus

At a glance

Occurrence records388

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Nicrophorus vestigator's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility388 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF388 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Nicrophorus vestigator is a species of beetle belonging to the family Silphidae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPantheon

Diet & foraging2

Feeding guild (adult)does not feed

Feeding guild (larval)necrophagous

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Nicrophorus vestigator has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs2

Marker genes1

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type388 records

Wild obs. + sensor251

Museum / vouchered137

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO924 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy39% within 1 km

≤100 m 53≤1 km 24≤10 km 113>10 km 7

197 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor251

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy24% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 15≤10 km 64>10 km 4

90 georeferenced · 47 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence137

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record	31
Bonn, DE	16
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	11
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record	10
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	8
Tilburg, NL	6
Copenhagen, DK	4
MZLUlocation not on record	3
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	2
CBDClocation not on record	1
Philadelphia, US	1
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record	1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record	1
Champaign, US	1

14 institutions · 96 of 137 vouchered records shown · 41 without an institution code