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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16634
69910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16624
69896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16402
69012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
13022
57717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
117
5105
23655
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
4779
21768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
9
876
4883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
6
698
3811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
5
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
5 Genera with 14 Species
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1841Burying Beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Oxelytrum Gistl, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18232SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
14 Species
Heterosilpha aenescens Casey, 1886
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined 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, 1783Silphid beetle
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus truncatus Say, 1823

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
4
9
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