{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Nicrophorus nigrita (42761327291).jpg | image_caption = | genus = Nicrophorus | species = nigrita | authority = Mannerheim, 1843 | synonyms = {{species list | ''Necrophorus'' [sic] ''nigrita'' | Mannerheim, 1843 | ''Necrophorus'' [sic] ''lateralis'' | Eschscholtz, 1845 (Nom. Nud.) | ''Nicrophorus ruficornis'' | Motschulsky, 1870 | ''Nicrophorus investigator alpha'' | Pierce, 1949 }} }}
'''''Nicrophorus nigrita''''', or the '''black burying beetle''',<ref name=":0" /> is a burying beetle described by Mannerheim in 1843. It is found along the west coast of North America, from British Columbia to Baja California, inland through Nevada.<ref name="b176">{{cite journal | last=Sikes | first=Derek | title=The natural history of Nicrophorus nigrita, a Western Nearctic species (Coleoptera: Silphidae) | journal=The Pan-Pacific Entomologist | publisher=Pacific Coast Entomological Society | volume=72 | issue=2 | date=1996-04-01 | issn=0031-0603 | pages=70–81 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258332042 | access-date=2025-08-14}}</ref> Unlike other Nearctic burying beetles, it does not have markings on its elytra.<ref name="b176" /> Instead, it is mostly black, with red-orange clubs on its antennae. Adults are {{Convert|12-28|mm|in}} in length.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Will |first=Kip |title=Field Guide to California Insects |last2=Gross |first2=Joyce |last3=Rubinoff |first3=Daniel |last4=Powell |first4=Jerry A. |publisher=University of California Press |year=2020 |isbn=9780520288744 |location=Oakland, California |pages=209–210}}</ref>
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==Further reading== *[https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2002f/zt00065.pdf data]
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nigrita Category:Beetles of North America Category:Western North American coastal fauna Category:Beetles described in 1843 Category:Taxa named by Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (naturalist)
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