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Nicrophorus sayi

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IdentificationIn this species the metatibiae are strongly curved and the posterior lobe of the metepimeron has only a few dark brown hairs. For Alberta species the elytral pattern is distinctive. The epipleuron is entirely orange; the anterior fascia is strongly divided at the suture and runs anteriorly onto the shoulder area; and the posterior fascia is consists of a pair of bilobed spots.
Scientific Name Nicrophorus sayi Identification
In this species the metatibiae are strongly curved and the posterior lobe of the metepimeron has only a few dark brown hairs. For Alberta species the elytral pattern is distinctive. The epipleuron is entirely orange;…
In this species the metatibiae are strongly curved and the posterior lobe of the metepimeron has only a few dark brown hairs. For Alberta species the elytral pattern is distinctive. The epipleuron is entirely orange; the anterior fascia is strongly divided at the suture and runs anteriorly onto the shoulder area; and the posterior fascia is consists of a pair of bilobed spots.
Range This widespread species of temperate eastern North America extends northwest along the northern edge of the prairies to central Alberta. Notes Meaning of name: "of Say" or "Say's". It was named in honour of Thomas Say (1789 -- 1834). Say was the father of American entomology and had described a wide variety of beetles, including various silphids.

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"Species Details - Nicrophorus sayi, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-5920/9-442103. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

Specimen Information

There are 10 specimens of this Species.

10 results plotted on map in 6 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

BIRD33273 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Stettler Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2002-05-19

BIRD33274 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2005-05-14

BIRD33275 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2005-08-20

BIRD33276 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Rochon Sands Provincial Park Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2006-04-28

BIRD33277 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Rochon Sands Provincial Park Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2007-04-24

BIRD33278 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Big Knife Provincial Park Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2007-08-29

BIRD33279 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Big Knife Provincial Park Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2007-08-29

BIRD33280 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Big Knife Provincial Park Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2007-08-29

BIRD33281 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Erskine Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2008-05-13

BIRD38056 - Nicrophorus sayi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Erskine Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2015-07-02

Adult Seasonal Distribution