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TITLE:

NEW NEBRASKA OCCURRENCES OF THE ENDANGERED AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: SILPHIDAE)

AUTHOR(S):
Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mary Liz Jameson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

DOCUMENT TYPE: Article

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin, 46(4):421-425. 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Mary Liz Jameson and Brett C. Ratcliffe. Used by permission.

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ABSTRACT:

Six new records for the endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, are reported from the Nebraska Sandhills. Nebraska is one of only four states in the United States where this beetle remains extant.