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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Cambridge (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
339
2117
2922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
339
2117
2922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
324
2076
2854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
247
1789
2505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
70
482
712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
65
409
537
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
7
80
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
5
65
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cambridge
3 Genera with 6 Species
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1825Burying Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cambridge
6 Species
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790American burying beetle
Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767Black Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Silpha laevigata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Cambridge
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
2
2
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