Here are placed several PDFs of papers on carrion beetle ecology and taxonomy, useful for my students.

Zde jsou umístěny PDFky prací pro mé studenty, týkající se ekologie a systematiky mrchožroutovitých brouků.

Anderson R. S. 1982: Resource partitioning in the carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) fauna of southern Ontario: ecological and evolutionary considerations. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 60: 1314-1325. (in English) PDF (size 2 223 kB)

Anderson R. S. 1982: On the decreasing abundance of Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in eastern North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 36: 362-365. (in English) PDF (size 241 kB)

Anderson R. S. 1982: Burying beetle larvae: Nearctic Nicrophorus and Oriental Ptomascopus morio (Silphidae). Systematic Entomology, 7: 249-264. (in English) PDF (size 241 kB)

Anderson R. S. 1987: Scientific Note. The Larva of Thanatophilus trituberculatus (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 41: 34. (in English) PDF (size 288 kB)

Anderson R. S. 1989: Scientific Note. Potential Phylogenetic Utility of Mating Behavior in some Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 43: 18. (in English) PDF (size 86 kB)

Anderson R. S. & Peck S. B. 1984: Bionomics of Nearctic species of Aclypea Reitter: phytophagous "carrion" beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 60: 248-255. (in English) PDF (size 943 kB)

Anderson R. S. & Peck S. B. 1986: Geographic patterns of colour variation in North American Nicrophorus burying beetles (Coleoptera; Silphidae). Journal of Natural History, 20: 283-297. (in English) PDF (size 1 101 kB)

Archer M. S. 2003: Annual variation in arrival and departure times of carrion insects at carcasses: implications for succession studies in forensic entomology. Australian Journal of Zoology, 51: 569-576. (in English) PDF (size 188 kB)

Baker A. S. & Schwarz H. H. 1997: Morphological differences between sympatric populations of the Poecilochirus carabi complex (Acari: Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) associated with burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus). Systematic Parasitology, 37: 179-185. (in English) PDF (size 354 kB)

Barlett J. 1987: Evidence for a sex attractant in burying beetles. Ecological Entomology, 12: 471-472. (in English) PDF (size 138 kB)

Bedick J. C., Ratcliffe B. C., Hoback W. W. & Higley L. G. 1999: Distribution, ecology, and population dynamics of the American burying beetle [Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera, Silphidae)] in south-central Nebraska, USA. Journal of Insect Conservation, 3: 171-181. (in English) PDF (size 214 kB)

Bedick J. C., Ratcliffe B. C. & Higley L. G. 2004: A new sampling protocol for the endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 58: 57-70. (in English) PDF (size 202 kB)

Bedick J. C., Hoback W. W. & Albrecht M. C. 2006: High water-loss rates and rapid dehydration in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus marginatus. Physiological Entomology, 31: 23-29. (in English) PDF (size 125 kB)

Benick L. 1912: Zur Biologie des Necrophorus vestigator Herschel nebst Beschreibung der Larve und Nymphe. Entomologische Blätter, 8: 197-203. (in German) PDF (size 584 kB)

Blackburn N. D. 1936: Illustrations of external anatomy Silpha americana Linn. (Silphidae, Coleoptera). Ohio Journal of Science, 36: 284-299. (in English) PDF (size 1 162 kB)

Böving A. G. & Craighead F. C. 1931: An illustrated synopsis of the principal larval forms of the order Coleoptera. Entomologica Americana (New Series), 11(1930): 1-351. (in English) PDF (size 1 130 kB)

Brewer J. W. & Bacon T. R. 1975: Biology of the Carrion Beetle Silpha ramosa Say. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 68: 786-790. (in English) PDF (size 517 kB)

Byzova Yu. B. 1964: Semeystvo Silphidae - mertvoedy, pp. 212-224. In: Gilyarov M. S. (ed.): Opredelitel obitayushchikh v pochve lichinok nasekomykh. Moskva: Nauka, 920 pp. (in Russian) PDF (size 7 792 kB)

Caterino M. S., Shull V. L., Hammond P. M. & Vogler A. P. 2002: Basal relationships of Coleoptera inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta, 31: 41-49. (in English) PDF (size 307 kB)

Caterino M. S., Hunt T. & Vogler A. P. 2005: On the constitution and phylogeny of Staphyliniformia (Insecta: Coleoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 34: 655-672. (in English) PDF (size 918 kB)

Costa C., Vanin S. A. & Casari-Chen S. A. 1988: Larvas de Coleoptera do Brasil. Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 282 pp., 165 pls. (in Portuguese) PDF (size 3 582 kB)

Creighton J. C., Bastarache R., Lomolino M. V. & Belk M. C. 2008: Effect of forest removal on the abundance of the endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 13: 37-43. (in English) PDF (size 239 kB)

David J. & Bouletreau M. 1968: Contribution a l'etude de la biologie et de l'ecologie d'un coleoptere entomophage: Xylodrepa quadripunctata (Schreb) (Silphidae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Sociètè Linnéenne de Lyon, 37: 73-83. (in French) PDF (size 1 275 kB)

Dobler S. & Müller J. K. 2000: Resolving Phylogeny at the Family Level by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Sequences: Phylogeny of Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera, Silphidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 15: 390-420. (in English) PDF (size 166 kB)

Dorsey C. K. 1940: A comparative study of the larvae of six species of Silpha (Coleoptera, Silphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 33: 120-134. (in English) PDF (size 1 729 kB)

Dunn R. R. & Danoff-Burg J. A. 2007: Road size and carrion beetle assemblages in a New York forest. Journal of Insect Conservation, 11: 325-332. (in English) PDF (size 315 kB)

Eggert A. K. 1992: Alternative male mate-finding tactics in burying beetles. Behaviour Ecology, 3: 243-254. (in English) PDF (size 2 448 kB)

Eggert A. K. & Müller J. K. 1989: Mating success of pheromone-emitting Necrophorus males: do attracted females discriminate against resource owners? Behaviour, 110: 248-257. (in English) PDF (size 609 kB)

Eggert A. K. & Müller J. K. 1989: Pheromone-mediated attraction in burying beetles. Ecological Entomology, 14: 235-237. (in English) PDF (size 208 kB)

Eggert A. K. & Müller J. K. 1992: Joing breeding in female burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 31: 237-242. (in English) PDF (size 911 kB)

Eggert A. K. & Müller J. K. 2000: Timing of oviposition and reproductive skew in cobreeding female burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides). Behaviour Ecology, 11: 357-366. (in English) PDF (size 1 268 kB)

Eggert A. K., Reinking M. & Müller J. K. 1998: Parental care improves offspring survival and growth in burying beetles. Animal Behaviour, 55: 97-107. (in English) PDF (size 1 065 kB)

Eggert A. K. & Sakaluk S. K. 1995: Female-coerced monogamy in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 37: 147-153. (in English) PDF (size 954 kB)

Eggert A. K. & Sakaluk S. K. 2000: Benefits of communal breeding in burying beetles: a field experiment. Ecological Entomology, 25: 262-266. (in English) PDF (size 526 kB)

Gibbs M., Breuker C. J., Smiseth P. T. & Moore A. J. 2008: Does sibling competition have a sex-specific effect on offspring growth and development in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 126: 158-164. (in English) PDF (size 131 kB)

Grassberger M. & Frank C. 2004: Initial study of arthropod succession on pig carrion in a central European urban habitat. Journal of Medical Entomology, 41: 511-523. (in English) PDF (size 3 203 kB)

Hastir P. & Gaspar Ch. 2001: Diagnose d'une famille de fossoyeurs: les Silphidae. Notes Faunistiques de Gembloux, 44: 13-25. (in French) PDF (size 152 kB)

Hatch M. H. 1928: Silphidae II, pp. 63-244. In: Schenkling S. (ed.): Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 95. Berlin: W. Jung, 244 pp. (in English) PDF (size 5 984 kB)

Hayashi N. 1986: Larvae, pp. 202-218, pls 1-113. In: Morimoto K. & Hayashi N. (eds.): The Coleoptera of Japan in Color. Vol. I. Osaka: Hoikusha Publishing Co., vi + 323 pp., 113 pls. (in Japanese, English title) PDF (size 978 kB)

Hocking M. D., Ring R. A. & Reimchen T. E. 2006: Burying beetle Nicrophorus investigator reproduction on Pacific salmon carcasses. Ecological Entomology, 31: 5-12. (in English) PDF (size 1 906 kB)

Hocking M. D., Darimont C. T., Christie K. S. & Reimchen T. E. 2007: Niche variation in burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.) associated with marine and terrestrial carrion. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85: 437-442. (in English) PDF (size 144 kB)

Holloway A. K. 1997: Relationship between numbers of the endangered american burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae) and available food resources. Biological Conservation, 81: 145-152. (in English) PDF (size 730 kB)

House C. M., Evans G. M. V., Smiseth P. T., Stamper C. E., Walling C. A. & Moore A. J. 2008: The evolution of repeated mating in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Evolution, 62: 2004-2014. (in English) PDF (size 195 kB)

Ikeda H., Kubota K., Kagaya T. & Abe T. 2006: Niche differentiation of burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae) in carcass use in relation to body size: Estimation from stable isotope analysis. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 41: 561-564. (in English) PDF (size 418 kB)

Ikeda H., Kagaya T., Kubota K. & Abe T. 2008: Evolutionary relationships among food habit, loss of flight, and reproductive traits: life-history evolution in the Silphinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Evolution, 62: 2065-2079. (in English) PDF (size 211 kB)

Kawada A. (ed.) 1959: Illustrated insect larvae of Japan. Tokyo: Hokuryukan Co., [iv] + 712 + 73 + 50 pp., 4 pls. (in Japanese, English title) PDF (size 2 152 kB)

Klausnitzer B. (ed.) 1978: Ordnung Coleoptera (Larven). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, vi + 378 pp. (in German) PDF (size 3 472 kB)

Klausnitzer B. (ed.) 1991: Die Larven der Käfer Mitteleuropas. 1. Band, Adephaga. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers, 273 pp. (in German) (intro larval morphology) PDF (size 2 052 kB)

Klausnitzer B. (ed.) 1997: Die Larven der Käfer Mitteleuropas. 4. Band, Polyphaga, Teil 3, sowie Ergänzungen zum 1. bis 3. Band. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers, 370 pp. (in German) (key) PDF (size 504 kB)

Klausnitzer B. 1997: 19. Familie: Silphidae, pp. 39-65. In: Klausnitzer B. (ed.): Die Larven der Käfer Mitteleuropas. 4. Band, Polyphaga, Teil 3, sowie Ergänzungen zum 1. bis 3. Band. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers, 370 pp. (in German) PDF (size 1 745 kB)

Klausnitzer B. & Zerche L. 1978: 5.6. Silphidae, pp. 87-90. In: Klausnitzer B. (ed.): Bestimmunsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas, Lieferung 10: Ordnung Coleoptera (Larven). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, vi + 378 pp. (in German) PDF (size 3 472 kB)

Kočárek P. 1997: Výskyt brouků ze skupin Silphidae a Leiodidae: Cholevinae (Coleoptera) na území CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví. (The occurrence of Silphidae and Leiodidae: Cholevinae (Coleoptera) in the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Lanscape Area). Zprávy Vlastivědného muzea v Olomouci, 275: 17-29. (in English) PDF (size 656 kB)

Kočárek P. 2000: A pitffall trap for carrion ecology studies. Biologia (Bratislava), 55: 575-577. (in English) PDF (size 424 kB)

Kočárek P. 2001: Diurnal activity rhythms and niche differentiation in a carrion beetle assemblage (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in Opava, the Czech Republic. Biological Rhythm Research, 32: 431-438. (in English) PDF (size 547 kB)

Kočárek P. 2001: Nekrobiontní hmyz v účasti na dekompozičních procesech (Necrobiont insects and their role in decomposition processes). Autoreferát disertační práce. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 23 pp. (in Czech and English) PDF (size 1 030 kB)

Kočárek P. 2002: Diel activity patterns of carrion-visiting Coleoptera studied by time-sorting pitfall traps. Biologia (Bratislava), 57: 199-211. (in English) PDF (size 1 524 kB)

Kočárek P. & Benko K. 1997: Výskyt a sezónní aktivita brouků čeledi Silphidae na Hlučínsku (Slezsko, Česká republika) (The occurence and seasonal activity of Silphidae in the Hlučín region (Silesia, Czech Republic)). Časopis Slezského muzea v Opavě, Serie A - Vědy Přírodní, 46: 173-179. (in Czech, English summary) PDF (size 474 kB)

Kočárek P. & Roháčová M. 2001: Mrchožroutovití brouci (Coleoptera: Silphidae) v ekosystému horského lesa (Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Česká republika) (Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in the mountain forest ecosystem (Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts., Czech Republic)). Práce a studie Muzea Beskyd, 11: 67-74. (in Czech, English abstract) PDF (size 455 kB)

Kozol A., Scott M. P. & Traniello F. A. 1988: The American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus: studies on the natural history of a declining species. Psyche, 95: 167-176. (in English) PDF (size 735 kB)

Lane C. & Rothschild M. 1965: A case of Müllerian mimicry of sound. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series A, General Entomology, 40: 156-158, 4 pls. (in English) PDF (size 2 311 kB)

Lawrence J. F. 1991: Beetles, pp. 144-298. In: Stehr F. W. (ed.): Immature Insects, Volume 2. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 974 pp. (in English) (intro larval morphology, key) PDF (size 6 183 kB)

Lawrence J. F. & Britton E. B. 1994: Australian beetles. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, x + 191 pp. (in English) PDF (size 1 169 kB)

Lawrence J. F. & Newton A. F., Jr. 1982: Evolution and classification of beetles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 13: 261-290. (in English) PDF (size 3 446 kB)

Likovský Z. 1967: Příspěvek k poznání fauny mršin (Insecta, Coleoptera) (Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Aasenfauna (Insecta, Coleoptera)). Acta Musei Reginaehradecensis, Series A, 8: 97-116. (in Czech, German abstract) PDF (size 1 782 kB)

Lock J. E., Smiseth P. T., Moore P. J. & Moore A. J. 2007: Coadaptation of prenatal and postnatal maternal effects. The American Naturalist, 170: 709-718. (in English) PDF (size 329 kB)

Majer K. 1980: Zpráva o výskytu zástupců čeledi Catopidae v okolí Olomouce (Bericht über die Familie Catopidae von der Olmützer Umgebung (Coleoptera)). Zprávy Československé Společnosti Entomologické při ČSAV, 16: 97-158. (in Czech, German abstract) PDF (size 2 012 kB)

Meierhofer I., Schwarz H. H. & Müller J. K. 1999: Seasonal variation in parental care, offspring development and reproductive success in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespillo. Ecological Entomology, 24: 73-79. (in English) PDF (size 153 kB)

Merrick M. J. & Smith R. J. 2004: Temperature regulation in burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 723-733. (in English) PDF (size 259 kB)

Milne L. J. & Milne M. 1976: The social behavior of burying beetles. Scientific American, 235: 84-89. (in English) PDF (size 1 104 kB)

Mroczkowski M. 1955: Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski, Część XIX Chrząszcze - Coleoptera, Zeszyt 25 Omarlicowate - Silphidae. Warszawa: Państwowe wydawnictvo naukowe, 29 pp. (in Polish) PDF (size 1 563 kB)

Müller J. K. & Eggert A. K. 1987: Effects of carrion-independent pheromone emission by male burying beetles (Silphidae: Necrophorus). Ethology, 76: 297-304. (in English) PDF (size 609 kB)

Müller J., Eggert A.-K. & Sakaluk S. K. 1998: Carcass maintenance and biparental brood care in burying beetles: are males redundant? Ecological Entomology, 23: 195-200. (in English) PDF (size 110 kB)

Nagano M. & Suzuki S. 2007: Effect of carcass size and male presence on clutch size in Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Entomological Science, 10: 245-248. (in English) PDF (size 134 kB)

Neuhäuser-Happe L. 1999: Rote Liste der Zwerg-,Scheinaas-, Schwammkugel-, Pelzfloh-, Nest-, Kolonisten-, Amaeisen- und Aaskäfer Kärtens (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae, Agyrtidae, Leiodidae, Scydmaenidae & Silphidae), pp. 347-363. In: Rottenburg T., Wieser, Ch., Mildner P. & Holsinger W. E. (eds): Rote Listen gefährdeter Tiere Kärtens. Naturschutz in Kärnten, Band 15, Klagenfurt: Naturschutz, 1-718. (in German) PDF (size 3 270 kB)

Newton A. F., Jr. 1991: Agyrtidae, pp. 324-327. In: Stehr F. W. (ed.): Immature Insects, Volume 2. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 974 pp. (in English) PDF (size 5 880 kB)

Newton A. F., Jr. 1991: Leiodidae, pp. 327-329. In: Stehr F. W. (ed.): Immature Insects, Volume 2. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 974 pp. (in English) PDF (size 5 880 kB)

Newton A. F., Jr. 1991: Leptinidae, pp. 330-331. In: Stehr F. W. (ed.): Immature Insects, Volume 2. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 974 pp. (in English) PDF (size 5 880 kB)

Newton A. F., Jr. 1991: Silphidae, pp. 339-341. In: Stehr F. W. (ed.): Immature Insects, Volume 2. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 974 pp. (in English) PDF (size 5 880 kB)

Newton A. F., Jr. 1992: Current Classification and Family-Group Names in Staphyliniformia. Fieldiana, Zoology (New Series), 67: 1-92. (in English) PDF (size 6 440 kB)

Niemitz C. 1972: Bioakustische, verhaltensphysiologische und morphologische Untersuchungen an Necrophorus vespillo (Fab.). Forma et Functio, 5: 209-230. (in German, English and French abstracts) PDF (size 2 237 kB)

Niemitz C. & Krampe A. 1971: Gehörsinn bei polyphagen Käfern nachgewiesen. Naturwissenschaften, 58: 368-369. (in German) PDF (size 350 kB)

Niemitz C. & Krampe A. 1972: Untersuchungen zum Orientierungsverhalten der Larven von Necrophorus vespillo F. (Silphidae Coleoptera). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 30: 456-463. (in German) PDF (size 557 kB)

Nikolaev G. V. & Kozminykh V. O. 2002: Zhuky-mertvoedy (Coleoptera: Agyrtidae, Silphidae) Kazakhstana, Rossii i ryada sopredel'nykh stran: Opredelitel. (The carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Agyrtidae, Silphidae) of Kazakhstan, Russia and adjacent countries). Almaty: Kazak universiteti, 160 pp. (in Russian, English summary) PDF (size 46 118 kB)

Nisimura T., Kon M. & Numata H. 2002: Bimodal life cycle of the burying beetle Nicrophorus quadripuctatus in relation to its summer reproductive diapause. Ecological Entomology, 27: 220-228. (in English) PDF (size 248 kB)

Nisimura T., Numata H. & Yoshioka E. 2005: Effect of temperature on circadian rhythm controlling the crepuscular activity of the burying beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus Kraatz (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Entomological Science, 8: 331-338. (in English) PDF (size 198 kB)

Novák B. 1961: Sezónní výskyt hrobaříků v polních entomocenózách (Col. Silphidae) (Saisonmässiges Vorkomenn von Totengräbern in Feldbiozönosen (Col. Silphidae)). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 6: 45-114. (in Czech, Russian, English and German abstracts) PDF (size 24 601 kB)

Novák B. 1962: Příspěvek k faunistice a ekologii hrobaříků (Col. Silphidae). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 11: 263-300. (in Czech, Russian and German abstracts) PDF (size 12 832 kB)

Novák B. 1964: Isolation als Ausschaltungsfaktor in den Phänomenen der Konkurrenz bei den Totengräbern (Col. Silphidae). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 16: 147-158. (in German) PDF (size 2 788 kB)

Novák B. 1965: Abundanzänderungen unserer Feldbewohnenden Totengräber als Folge der Dezimierung durch den Fallenfang (Col. Silphidae). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 19: 99-119. (in German) PDF (size 5 569 kB)

Novák B. 1965: Faunisticko-ekologická studie o hrobařících z polních biotopů Hané (Col. Silphidae) (Zur Faunistik und Ökologie der Totengräber in den Feldbiotopen von Haná (Col. Silphidae)). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 19: 121-151. (in Czech, German abstract) PDF (size 3 370 kB)

Novák B. 1966: Dynamika populací brouků ze skupiny Silphini (Coleoptera) (Populationsdynamik der Silphini (Coleoptera)). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 22: 129-151. (in Czech, German abstract) PDF (size 5 460 kB)

Novák B. 1975: Diurnale aktivität zweier Coleoptera-Arten aus der Auwald-Laubstreu (Col. Silphidae et Staphylinidae). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 51: 149-152. (in German) PDF (size 309 kB)

Novák B. 1982: Periodičnosti v pohyblivosti epigeické složky v polních a lesních ekosystémech (Periodizitäten der Bewegungsaktivität von Epigäischer Componente im Fels - und Wald Ökosystemen). Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 75: 63-85. (in Czech, Russian and English abstracts) PDF (size 2 961 kB)

Palestrini C., Barbero E., Luzzatto M. & Zuccheli M. 1996: Nicrophorus mexicanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae): larval morphology and phylogenetic considerations on the N. investigator group. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 60: 435-445. (in English) PDF (size 602 kB)

Parkhomenko A. V. 2000: Morphologichna kharakteristika lichinki zhuka-grobarika Nicrophorus anttenatus [sic!] (Coleoptera, Silphidae) (The morphological characteristics of the larvae burying beetle Nicrophorus anttenatus [sic!] (Coleoptera, Silphidae)). Vestnik Zoologii, 14: 160-164. (in Ukrainian, English abstract) PDF (size 418 kB)

Parkhomenko A. V. 2000: Opis likhinki tret'ogo viku zhuka-grobarika Nicrophorus sepultor (Coleoptera, Silphidae) (A description of the third-instar larva of the burying beetle Nicrophorus sepultor (Coleoptera, Silphidae)). Vestnik Zoologii, 34: 89-92. (in Ukrainian, English abstract) PDF (size 275 kB)

Paulian R. 1941: Les premiers états des Staphylinoidea. Étude de morphologie comparée. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Nouvelle Serie), 15: 1-361, pls. 1-3. (in French) PDF (size 3 874 kB)

Pawlowski J., Petryszak B., Kubisz D. & Szwalko P. 2000: Chrzaszcze (Coleoptera) Bieszczadów Zachodnich (Beetles (Coleoptera) of the Western Bieszczady Mts). Monografie Bieszczadzkie, 8: 9-143. (in Polish, English abstract) PDF (size 1 287 kB)

Peck S. B. 1990: Insecta: Coleoptera Silphidae and the associated families Agyrtidae and Leiodidae, pp. 1113-1136. In: Dindal D. L. (ed.): Soil Biology Guide. New York: John Wiley & Sons, xviii + 1349 pp. (in English) PDF (size 1 375 kB)

Peck S. B. 2001: Review of the carrion beetles of Australia and New Guinea (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 40: 93-101. (in English) PDF (size 1 126 kB)

Peck S. B. 2001: 18. Agyrtidae C.G. Thomson, 1859, pp. 247-249. In: Arnett R. H. & Thomas M. C. (eds): American beetles, Volume 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Boca Raton, London, New York & Washington: CRC Press, xv + 443 pp. (in English) PDF (size 2 221 kB)

Peck S. B. 2001: 19. Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, pp. 250-258. In: Arnett R. H. & Thomas M. C. (eds): American beetles, Volume 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Boca Raton, London, New York & Washington: CRC Press, xv + 443 pp. (in English) PDF (size 2 221 kB)

Peck S. B. 2001: 21. Silphidae Latreille, 1807, pp. 268-271. In: Arnett R. H. & Thomas M. C. (eds): American beetles, Volume 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Boca Raton, London, New York & Washington: CRC Press, xv + 443 pp. (in English) PDF (size 1 516 kB)

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