Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Central America (America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 710
16581
69850 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 706
16571
69836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 676
16352
68957 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 409
13007
57703 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 117
5098
23665 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 107
4774
21781 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 9
874
4863 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 6
696
3793 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 5
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Central America
5 Genera with 14 Species
Species list for Central America
14 Species | Heterosilpha aenescens Casey, 1886 | | | Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823 | Garden Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 | Margined Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888 | | | Nicrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888 | | | Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus Matthews, 1888 | | | Nicrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841 | | | Oxelytrum anticola Guérin-Ménev..., 1855 | | | Oxelytrum discicolle Brullé, 1836 | | | Oxelytrum erythrurum Blanchard, 1840 | | | Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783 | Silphid beetle | | Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 | Dwarf sand verbena | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus truncatus Say, 1823 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Central America
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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