Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for California (USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 659
9208
32201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 654
9191
32178 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 627
9068
31883 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 410
7324
26647 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 119
2319
7573 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 108
2087
6445 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 10
330
1195 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
263
886 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 6
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for California
6 Genera with 16 Species
Species list for California
16 Species | Heterosilpha aenescens Casey, 1886 | | | Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823 | Garden Carrion Beetle | | Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 | Red-lined Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846 | | | Nicrophorus grandior Angell, 1912 | | | Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845 | Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 | Margined Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843 | Arizona cottonwood | | Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 | Roundneck Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807 | Pustulated Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | Boreal Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771 | Margined Carrion Beetle | | Silpha ramosa Say, 1823 | | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853 | | | Thanatophilus truncatus Say, 1823 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in California
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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