Species list, Checklist of Family Silphidae (Burying And Carrion Beetles) for Iceland (North Europe)

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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Iceland (North Europe)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	405 3158 5581	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	405 3158 5581	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	386 3117 5530	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	277 2599 4758	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	71 546 925	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	66 485 786	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	9 107 219	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles	7 95 200	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Silphidae Latreille, 1807 Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Iceland
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Iceland
5 Species

Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758	American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus hebes (Kirby, 1837)	⇒ Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771	Margined Carrion Beetle
Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758)	⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Iceland

Subfamily	Nicrophorinae Kirby, 1837	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Silphinae Latreille, 1807	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom

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