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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Alameda County (California, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
293
1615
2573
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
291
1611
2570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
276
1565
2473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
184
1292
2074
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
54
403
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
47
308
428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
53
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
5
28
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alameda County
3 Genera with 6 Species
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alameda County
6 Species
Heterosilpha aenescens Casey, 1886
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus truncatus Say, 1823

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Alameda County
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Silphidae (Latreille 1807)
Silphidae (Latreille 1807)


Links, sources and further information
Silphidae at artfakta.se
Silphidae at dyntaxa.se
Silphidae at gbif.org
Silphidae at irmng.org
Silphidae at itis.gov