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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region England (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
814
10533
30513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
812
10526
30505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
740
10258
29944
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
456
8410
26271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
118
2633
7159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
104
2307
5945
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
453
1796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
6
383
1501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
10
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for England
10 Genera with 32 Species
Aclypea Reitter, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Dendroxena Motschulsky, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807Burying Beetle12SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Phosphuga Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Proscapheus1SpeciesTaxom
Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17818SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17584SpeciesTaxom


Species list for England
32 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758Beet Carrion Beetle
Aclypea undata Müller, 1776
Dendroxena quadrimaculata Scopoli, 1771Carrion beetle
Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758Shore Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790American burying beetle
Nicrophorus germanicus Linnaeus, 1758
Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767Black Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840Say'S Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus vespillo Linnaeus, 1758Common Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus, 1758Red-breasted Carrion Beetle
Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus, 1758Black Carrion Beetle
Proscapheus zhangla Háva, J.Schn..., 1999
Ptomaphila lacrymosa Schreibers, 1802Carrion Beetle
Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758
Silpha atrata subrotundata Leach, 1817
Silpha capicola Péringuey, 1888
Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783Silphid beetle
Silpha laevigata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775
Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Silpha tyrolensis Laicharting, 1781
Thanatophilus capensis Boheman, 1858
Thanatophilus dispar Herbst, 1793
Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758
Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758

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

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
8
19
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