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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
677
9087
31848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
672
9069
31825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
644
8948
31525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
415
7174
26279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
118
2279
7495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
2058
6394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
10
339
1207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
7
273
902
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
6
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for California
6 Genera with 16 Species
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18233SpeciesTaxom


Species list for California
16 Species
Heterosilpha aenescens Casey, 1886
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus grandior Angell, 1912
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Silpha ramosa Say, 1823
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853
Thanatophilus truncatus Say, 1823

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in California
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
5
8
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