Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Delaware (USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 321
2352
4179 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 320
2349
4175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 308
2303
4068 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 215
1926
3380 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 78
903
1623 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 72
794
1339 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 9
146
243 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 6
100
143 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 4
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Delaware
4 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Delaware
10 Species | Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 | Red-lined Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758 | American Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790 | American burying beetle | | Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 | Margined Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 | Roundneck Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807 | Pustulated Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 | Gold-necked carrion beetle | | Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | Boreal Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781 | Ridged Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771 | Margined Carrion Beetle |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Delaware
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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