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(biology, conservation) [First published hypothesis of decline (loss of old-growth forests) for N.americanus.]Anderson, R.S. (1982c) Resource partitioning in the carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) fauna ofsouthern Ontario: ecological and evolutionary considerations. Canadian Journal of Zoology,60, 1314-1325. (biology, ecology) [No Nicrophorus in traps had eggs; Silphidae haveacrotrophic ovarioles.] [!M, N, S]Anderson, R.S. & Peck, S.B. (1985) The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Silphidaeand Agyrtidae). The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 13. Publication 1778,Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. 121 pp. (revision: key, descriptions & catalog inEnglish (& keys in French also)) [Revision of North American Silphidae-maps for the US alsoincluded.] [!M, N, S]Anderson, R.S. & Peck, S.B. (1986) Geographic patterns of colour variation in North AmericanNicrophorus burying beetles (Coleoptera; Silphidae). Journal of Natural History, 20(2), 283-297. (morphology: color variation) [These 4 species are the only of the 15 NA spp. with extensivevariation.] [!S]Andre, A. (1978) Expertises entomologiques en medecine legale. Coll. Med. Leg. Toxicol. Med.(France), 108, 55-91. (biology, ecology in French)Andreev, E.A. (1988) [To the ecology of phoretic mites on beetles of genus Necrophorus (Silphidae).]Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly Biologicheskie Nauki, 5, 44-47. (biology, symbionts:mites in Russian (English summary))Anduaga, S. & Huerta, C. (2001) Effect of parental care on the duration of larval development andoffspring survival in Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The ColeopteristsBulletin, 55(3), 264-271. (biology, behavior, physiology) [In brood mass absent treatmentsthe larvae were fed on raw meat unprepared by parents.] [!S]Angelini, F., Audisio, P., Castellini, G., Poggi, R., Vailati, D., Zanetti, A. & Zoia, S. (1995)Coleoptera Polyphaga II (Staphylinoidea escl. Staphylinidae). In: A. Minelli, S. Ruffo and S.La Posta (eds.). Checklist della specie della fauna italiana, 47. Calderini, Bologna. 39 pp.(checklist, distribution in Italian) [!N]Angell, J.W. (1912) Two new North American species of Necrophorus (Coleop.). EntomologicalNews, 23, 307. (descriptions) [Original description of N. mysticallis (=N. carolinus); N. grandior(=N. germanicus).] [!M, N, S]Angell, J.W. (1920) Necrophorus guttula Motsch. and its color varieties. Journal of the New YorkEntomological Society, 28, 89-90. (description of variation) [Original description of N. guttulavar. vandykei (=N. guttula); N. guttula var. quadriguttata (=N. guttula).] [!M, N, S]Anonymous (1989) Final listing rules approved for 10 species. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin,14(8), 7-8. (biology, conservation)Anonymous (1991) [Article on conservation of Nicrophorus americanus]. Wildlife Conservation,1991 (Nov/Dec.) (biology, conservation)Arellano G.L. (1998) Distribución de Silphidae (Coleoptera: Insecta) en la región central de Veracruz,México. Dugesiana, 5 (2), 1-16. (checklist, distribution in Spanish) [!N]Arnett, R.H., Jr. (1944) A revision of the Nearctic Silphini and Nicrophorini based upon the femalegenitalia (Coleoptera, Silphidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 52, 1-25.(morphology: female genitalia) [N. vespilloides listed, assumed to be N. defodiens; First comparativemorphology of Nicrophorus female genitalia, well illustrated.] [!M, N, S]Arnett, R.H., Jr. (1946a) Coleoptera notes I: Silphidae. Canadian Entomologist, 78, 131-134. (biology)[Adds a fifth Nearctic species (N. carolinus) to the list documented as buriers of carrion.Documents N. hybridus from New York.] [!N, S]Arnett, R.H., Jr. (1946b) A new species of Nicrophorus from the Philippine Islands (Coleoptera,Silphidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 48, 207-209. (descriptions)[Original description of N. benguetensis (=N. nepalensis). Proposes new species and N.ZOOTAXA65CATALOG OF NICROPHORINAE© 2002 Magnolia Press 231