Species list, Checklist of Family Silphidae (Burying And Carrion Beetles) for Chicago (Northern Illinois, Illinois, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Chicago (Northern Illinois, Illinois, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	226 1116 1610	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	226 1116 1610	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	214 1082 1553	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	164 961 1404	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	37 248 366	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	33 196 270	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	4 47 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles	2 14 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Silphidae Latreille, 1807 Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles	5 7	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Chicago
5 Genera with 7 Species

Necrodes Leach, 1775		1	Species	Taxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1801	Burying Beetle	3	Species	Taxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 1781		1	Species	Taxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 1793		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Chicago
7 Species

Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775	Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758	American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801	Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825	Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801	Gold-necked carrion beetle
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781	Ridged Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793	Northern Carrion Beetle

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Chicago

Subfamily	Nicrophorinae Kirby, 1837	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Silphinae Latreille, 1807	4 4	Genera Species	Taxom

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