Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775, commonly known as necrophagous beetle, is associated with vertebrate carrion. Up to date, the genus consists of 72 species worldwide. In recent years, various phylogenetic studies explored on the evolution and relationship of the species in the genus. However, morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies produced conflicting results, continuing the problem over whether Nicrophrous quadraticollis is monotypic or not. The present study is to report the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of N. quadraticollis that was sequenced in prior to a systematic research of Silphinae. It was 17,747bp in length and comprised 12 protein-coding genes(PCGs), 2 rRNA Genes, 22 tRNA Genes and one non-coding region. The nucleotide composition is 40.9% for A, 36.7% for T, 9.0% for G and 13.4% for C.

• Gyu Young Han(Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Department of Ecological Science, Kyungpook National university)
• Jeong-Hwan Choi(Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
• Seung-Su Euo(Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
• Il-Kwon Kim(Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
• A Young Kim(Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)