Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for British Isles (North Europe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 865
12017
42756 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 862
12007
42740 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 783
11731
42132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 476
9634
37092 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 127
2919
9678 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 112
2570
8206 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 12
549
2673 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
458
2263 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 14
44 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for British Isles
14 Genera with 44 Species | Ablattaria Reitter, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aclypea Reitter, 1776 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Blitophaga Reitter, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dendroxena Motschulsky, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Necrodes Leach, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Necrophorus Fabricius, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807 | Burying Beetle | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Oiceoptoma Leach, 1758 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Phosphuga Leach, 1817 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Proscapheus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1802 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Silpha Linnaeus, 1781 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Thanatophilus Leach, 1758 | | 6 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for British Isles
44 Species and 5 Subspecies | Ablattaria laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758 | Beet Carrion Beetle | | Aclypea undata Müller, 1776 | | | Blitophaga opaca L., 1758 | Beet carrion beetle | | Dendroxena quadrimaculata Scopoli, 1771 | Carrion beetle | | Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758 | Shore Sexton Beetle | | Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 | Red-lined Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758 | American Carrion Beetle | | Necrophorus humator (Gled., 1767) | ⇒ Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767 | | Necrophorus vespillo (L., 1758) | ⇒ Nicrophorus vespillo Linnaeus, 1758 | | Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790 | American burying beetle | | Nicrophorus carolinus Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837 | | | Nicrophorus germanicus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | 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 nigrita Mannerheim, 1843 | Arizona cottonwood | | Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 | Roundneck Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840 | Say'S Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 | Gold-necked carrion beetle | | Nicrophorus vespillo Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | Boreal Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807 | | | Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781 | Ridged Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771 | Margined Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-breasted Carrion Beetle | | Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Carrion Beetle | | Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Phosphuga atrata subrotundata Leach, 1817 | | | Proscapheus zhangla Háva, J.Schn..., 1999 | | | Ptomaphila lacrymosa Schreibers, 1802 | Carrion Beetle | | Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758) | ⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Silpha atrata subrotundata Leach, 1817 | | | Silpha capicola Péringuey, 1888 | | | Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783 | Silphid beetle | | Silpha laevigata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | Gray bushmallow | | Silpha rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 | Dwarf sand verbena | | Silpha tyrolensis Laicharting, 1781 | | | Thanatophilus capensis Boheman, 1858 | | | Thanatophilus dispar Herbst, 1793 | | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in British Isles
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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