Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Africa (Continents)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 943
36180
241410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 939
36100
241106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 896
35668
239021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 524
27533
203737 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 146
11745
86825 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 125
10691
74394 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 12
1847
20366 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
1587
17830 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 11
46 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Africa
11 Genera with 46 Species | Aclypea Reitter, 1848 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Blitophaga Reitter, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dendroxena Motschulsky, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterotemna Wollaston, 1836 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Necrodes Leach, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783 | Burying Beetle | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Oiceoptoma Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxelytrum Gistl, 1836 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Silpha Linnaeus, 1798 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Thanatophilus Leach, 1758 | | 10 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Africa
46 Species | Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758 | Beet Carrion Beetle | | Aclypea souverbii Fairmaire, 1848 | | | Blitophaga opaca L., 1758 | Beet carrion beetle | | Dendroxena quadrimaculata Scopoli, 1771 | Carrion beetle | | Heterotemna britoi García & Pér..., 1996 | | | Heterotemna figurata Brullé, 1839 | | | Heterotemna tenuicornis Brullé, 1836 | | | Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 | Red-lined Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758 | American Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790 | American burying beetle | | Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846 | | | Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837 | | | Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767 | Black Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830) | ⇒ Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837 | | Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824 | Banded Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 | Margined Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807 | Pustulated Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840 | Say'S Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841 | | | Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | Boreal Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-breasted Carrion Beetle | | Oxelytrum biguttatum Philippi, 1850 | | | Oxelytrum discicolle Brullé, 1836 | | | Silpha alpicola (Kuster, 1849) | ⇒ Aclypea souverbii Fairmaire, 1848 | | Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758) | ⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha capicola Péringuey, 1888 | | | Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783 | Silphid beetle | | Silpha francoisi Dierkens, 2020 | | | Silpha laevigata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | Silpha lata Portevin, 1920 | | | Silpha olivieri Bedel, 1887 | | | Silpha puncticollis Lucas, 1846 | | | Silpha ruficornis (Marsham, 1802) | ⇒ Atomaria testacea Stephens, 1830 | | Silpha rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha thoracicum (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 | Dwarf sand verbena | | Thanatophilus capensis Boheman, 1858 | | | Thanatophilus dispar Herbst, 1793 | | | Thanatophilus grilati Bedel, 1891 | | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus metallescens Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Thanatophilus micans Fabricius, 1794 | | | Thanatophilus ruficornis Küster, 1851 | | | Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853 | | | Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Africa
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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