Species
N. humator N. investigator N. vespillo N. vespilloides N. vestigatorAs of 2006 there are 68 valid, extant species in the genus Nicrophorus although a few undescribed species and synonyms remain to be worked up.
- Nicrophorus americanus – (American burying beetle)
- Nicrophorus antennatus
- Nicrophorus apo
- Nicrophorus argutor
- Nicrophorus basalis
- Nicrophorus carolinus
- Nicrophorus chilensis
- Nicrophorus concolor
- Nicrophorus confusus
- Nicrophorus dauricus
- Nicrophorus defodiens
- Nicrophorus didymus
- Nicrophorus distinctus
- Nicrophorus encaustus
- Nicrophorus germanicus
- Nicrophorus guttula
- Nicrophorus heurni
- Nicrophorus hispaniola
- Nicrophorus humator
- Nicrophorus hybridus
- Nicrophorus insularis
- Nicrophorus interruptus
- Nicrophorus investigator
- Nicrophorus japonicus
- Nicrophorus kieticus
- Nicrophorus lunatus
- Nicrophorus maculifrons
- Nicrophorus marginatus
- Nicrophorus mexicanus
- Nicrophorus mongolicus
- Nicrophorus montivagus
- Nicrophorus morio
- Nicrophorus nepalensis
- Nicrophorus nigricornis
- Nicrophorus nigrita
- Nicrophorus oberthuri
- Nicrophorus obscurus
- Nicrophorus olidus
- Nicrophorus orbicollis
- Nicrophorus pliozaenicus†
- Nicrophorus podagricus
- Nicrophorus przewalskii
- Nicrophorus pustulatus
- Nicrophorus quadraticollis
- Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus
- Nicrophorus quadripunctatus
- Nicrophorus reichardti
- Nicrophorus satanas
- Nicrophorus sausai
- Nicrophorus sayi
- Nicrophorus scrutator
- Nicrophorus semenowi
- Nicrophorus sepulchralis
- Nicrophorus sepultor
- Nicrophorus smefarka
- Nicrophorus tenuipes
- Nicrophorus tomentosus
- Nicrophorus ussuriensis
- Nicrophorus validus
- Nicrophorus vespillo
- Nicrophorus vespilloides
- Nicrophorus vestigator
- Nicrophorus chryseus (Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953) – unverified
- Nicrophorus funerarius (Weigel, 1808) – unverified
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