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Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
937
21291
104803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
933
21259
104731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
882
20999
104014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
536
16084
86183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
148
5971
36968
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
131
5318
31643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
12
1000
5282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
8
834
4265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
9
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
9 Genera with 23 Species
Aclypea Reitter, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Diamesus Hope, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 18763SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17983SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18373SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
23 Species
Aclypea bituberosa LeConte, 1859Anchor worm
Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758Beet Carrion Beetle
Diamesus osculans Vigors, 1825
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus heurni Portevin, 1926
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus kieticus Mroczkowski, 1959
Nicrophorus reticulatus Sikes & Madge, 2006
Nicrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841
Nicrophorus vespillo Linnaeus, 1758Common Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Ptomaphila lacrymosa Schreibers, 1802Carrion Beetle
Ptomaphila perlata Kraatz, 1876Carrion Beetle
Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783Silphid beetle
Silpha olivieri Bedel, 1887
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853
Thanatophilus trituberculatus Kirby, 1837

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Australia
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
9
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
8
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Silphidae (Latreille 1807)
Silphidae (Latreille 1807)


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