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Shubeck, P.P. & Schleppnik, A.A. (1984) Silphids attracted to carrion near St. Louis, Missouri(Coleoptera: Silphidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 57(2), 360-362. (biology,ecology)Sidor, C. (1970) The results of investigations on the role of burying beetles (Necrophorus vespillo)in rabies transmission. Mikrobiologija, 7, 131-138. (biology, symbionts: bacteria) [Showed thatrabies virus is inactivated in the gut of Nicrophorus.]Siebke, H. (1875) Enumeratio insectorum norvegicorum. Fasciculus II. Catalogum coleopterorumcontinens. A. W. Brøgger, Christiania. pp. 61-334 (checklist in Norwegian) [!N]Sikes, D.S. (1993) The black burying beetle, Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Silphidae),displays red maculations. Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(3), 231-232. (description of variation)[N. nigrita with red marked epipleura wonít key properly in Anderson & Peck 1985.] [!S]Sikes, D.S. (1996) The natural history of Nicrophorus nigrita, a western Nearctic species(Coleoptera: Silphidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 72(2), 70-81. (biology, ecology) [Crepuscular,moist forests, competitors, lack of diapause, longest development time of Nicrophorusrecorded. ] [!S]Sikes, D.S. & Peck, S.B. (2000) Description of Nicrophorus hispaniola, new species, from Hispaniola(Coleoptera: Silphidae) and a key to the species of Nicrophorus of the New World. Annalsof the Entomological Society of America, 93(3), 391-397. (descriptions, phylogenetics) [Possiblya relict population- phylogenetics placing this new species as older than most of the NewWorld Nicrophorus species.] [!S]Silfverberg, H. (1987) Lists of the insect types in the Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki.5. Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea I. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 48, 47-52. (nomenclature) [!S]Silfverberg, H. (1992) Enumeratio Coleopterorum Fennoscandiae, Daniae et Baltiae. HelsinginHyönteisvaihtoyhdistys, Helsinki. v + 94 pp. (checklist, distribution in English (Finnish &Swedish summaries)) [!N]Silfverberg, H. (ed.) (1979) Enumeratio Coleopterorum Fennoscandiae et Daniae. HelsinginHyönteisvaihtoyhdistys, Helsinki. vi + 79 pp. (checklist, distribution) [!N]Sleeman, D.P. (1983) Dead rats, burying beetles and mites in west Cork. Irish Naturalistsí Journal,21(4), 186. (biology, symbionts: mites)Smetana, A. (1948) Dve nove odchylky brouku Csr. Duae coleopterorum aberrationes de RCSdescriptae. Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae, 45, 34-35. (description of variationin Czech)Smirnov, D.A. (1908) Obzor raznovidnostei Necrophorus vespilloides Herbst. (Coleoptera, Silphidae).Revue Russe d'Entomologie, 8, 42-43. (description of variation in Russian)Smith, J.B. (1910) The insects of New Jersey. In: Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum,including a report of the insects of New Jersey: 1909. pp. 15-888. New Jersey State Museum,Trenton, N. J. (checklist) [from Shubeck 1976: “Smith (1910) stated that Nicrophorus americanuswas found ... almost exclusively on reptiles,” but that N. marginatus was found “Throughoutthe state, on carrion of all kinds...” “] [!N]Smith, R.J., Bonilla, M., Calahan, C., & Mann, J. (2001) [“2000”] Comparison of reproductivesuccess of in-situ burial versus the use of abandoned burrows for carcass interment by Nicrophorusinvestigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society,73(3), 148-154. (biology, ecology, behavior) [Both field and controlled studies indicate thatadults who drag carcasses to nearby holes are more successful at rearing broods than thosewho bury in-situ. Larger beetles can bury carcasses faster than smaller. Burrowing rodentactivity may have an indirect positive effect on Nicrophorus.] [!S]Smith, R.J., & Heese, B. (1995) Carcass selection in a high altitude population of the burying beetle,Nicrophorus investigator (Silphidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 40(1), 50-55. (biology,ecology, behavior) [Preference for sunlit as opposed to shaded carcasses & possible benefit ofants to Nicrophorus.]ZOOTAXA65CATALOG OF NICROPHORINAE© 2002 Magnolia Press 291