A bit of good luck: A new species of burying beetle from the Solomon Islands Archipelago
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists discovered a new species of burying beetle, Nicrophorus efferens. Burying beetles are well known to most naturalists because of their large size, striking black and red colors, and interesting reproductive behaviors - they bury small vertebrate carcasses which their offspring eat in an underground crypt, guarded by both parents. The study was published in the open access journal Zookeys.