Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Greece (Southeast Europe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 554
7167
23442 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 550
7152
23419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 527
7070
23233 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 348
5692
19791 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 94
2006
8269 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 87
1770
6774 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 10
420
2117 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
344
1833 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 10
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Greece
10 Genera with 28 Species | Ablattaria Reitter, 1775 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Aclypea Reitter, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dendroxena Motschulsky, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Necrodes Leach, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807 | Burying Beetle | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Oiceoptoma Leach, 1771 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phosphuga Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Silpha Linnaeus, 1798 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Thanatophilus Leach, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Greece
28 Species and 3 Subspecies | Ablattaria arenaria Kraatz, 1876 | | | Ablattaria laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Aclypea undata Müller, 1776 | | | Dendroxena quadrimaculata Scopoli, 1771 | Carrion beetle | | Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758 | Shore Sexton Beetle | | Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 | Red-lined Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758 | American Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846 | | | 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 orbicollis Say, 1825 | Roundneck Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807 | Pustulated Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841 | | | Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 | Gold-necked carrion beetle | | Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807 | | | Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781 | Ridged Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771 | Margined Carrion Beetle | | Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Silpha arenaria Kraatz, 1876 | | | Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758) | ⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha laevigata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775 | | Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | Gray bushmallow | | Silpha obscura orientalis Brullé, 1832 | | | Silpha olivieri Bedel, 1887 | | | Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 | Dwarf sand verbena | | Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Greece
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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