Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Canada (North America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 692
10933
46220 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 689
10923
46205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 660
10729
45350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 447
9059
39510 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 122
2655
11863 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 112
2389
9603 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 12
541
2972 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
469
2594 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 8
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Canada
8 Genera with 29 Species
Species list for Canada
29 Species | Aclypea bituberosa LeConte, 1859 | Anchor worm | | Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758 | Beet Carrion Beetle | | Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823 | Garden Carrion Beetle | | Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 | Red-lined Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758 | American Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790 | American burying beetle | | Nicrophorus carolinus Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846 | | | Nicrophorus germanicus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845 | Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus hebes (Kirby, 1837) | ⇒ Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | | Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925 | | | Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824 | Banded Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 | Margined Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843 | Arizona cottonwood | | Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby, 1837 | | | Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 | Roundneck Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807 | Pustulated Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840 | Say'S Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 | Gold-necked carrion beetle | | Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | Boreal Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781 | Ridged Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771 | Margined Carrion Beetle | | Silpha lapponicus Thunberg, 1794 | | | Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 | Dwarf sand verbena | | Thanatophilus coloradensis Wickham, 1902 | | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853 | | | Thanatophilus trituberculatus Kirby, 1837 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Canada
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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