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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Colorado (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
595
8339
20024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
593
8334
20018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
567
8204
19733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
376
6706
16394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
99
2113
4547
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
92
1911
3753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
9
266
440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
6
202
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
8
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Colorado
8 Genera with 24 Species
Aclypea Reitter, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle12SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18234SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colorado
24 Species
Aclypea bituberosa LeConte, 1859Anchor worm
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Necrodes primaevus W. Beutenmül..., 1908
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus carolinus Linnaeus, 1771
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888
Nicrophorus mysticallis Angell, 1912
Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby, 1837
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801Gold-necked carrion beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Silpha beutenmuelleri H. F. Wickham, 1914
Silpha colorata (S. H. Scudder, 1900)⇒ Emmesa colorata Scudder, 1900
Thanatophilus coloradensis Wickham, 1902
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853
Thanatophilus truncatus Say, 1823

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Colorado
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
12
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
7
12
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