Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Estonia (Baltic States)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 526
4957
14405 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 523
4949
14392 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 498
4881
14248 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 335
4020
12403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 96
1464
4977 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 89
1322
4318 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 11
342
1433 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
293
1271 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 10
27 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Estonia
10 Genera with 27 Species | Ablattaria Reitter, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aclypea Reitter, 1776 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dendroxena Motschulsky, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Necrodes Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Necrophorus Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807 | Burying Beetle | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Oiceoptoma Leach, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phosphuga Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Silpha Linnaeus, 1798 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Thanatophilus Leach, 1758 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Estonia
27 Species | Ablattaria laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758 | Beet Carrion Beetle | | Aclypea undata Müller, 1776 | | | Dendroxena quadrimaculata Scopoli, 1771 | Carrion beetle | | Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758 | Shore Sexton Beetle | | Necrophorus fossor Er., 1837 | | | Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837 | | | Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767 | Black Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830) | ⇒ Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837 | | Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824 | Banded Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825 | | | Nicrophorus vespillo Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | Boreal Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807 | | | Oiceoptoma thoracica Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-breasted Carrion Beetle | | Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Carrion Beetle | | Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758) | ⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783 | Silphid beetle | | Silpha grossa (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Peltis grossa Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha laevigata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | Gray bushmallow | | Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 | Dwarf sand verbena | | Thanatophilus dispar Herbst, 1793 | | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Estonia
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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