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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Caribbean islands (Caribbean)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
649
12089
36507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
645
12074
36476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
619
11919
36088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
381
9444
29197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
103
3179
10369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
96
2920
9409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
468
1742
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
6
391
1450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean islands
4 Genera with 7 Species
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1825Burying Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17931SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean islands
7 Species
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus hispaniola Sikes & Peck, 2000
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle

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

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
3
3
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