Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for India (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 701
14106
56149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 697
14097
56137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 660
13851
55355 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 419
10816
46887 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 118
3702
17393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 110
3230
14476 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 10
808
5062 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
671
4359 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 8
42 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for India
8 Genera with 42 Species
Species list for India
42 Species and 2 Subspecies | Aclypea turkestanica Ballion, 1870 | | | Diamesus osculans Vigors, 1825 | | | Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758 | Shore Sexton Beetle | | Necrodes nigricornis Harold, 1875 | | | Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775 | Red-lined Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila (Deutosilpha) rufithorax Wiedemann, 1823 | | | Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758 | American Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila brunnicollis Kraatz, 1877 | | | Necrophila cyaniventris Motschulsky, 1870 | | | Necrophila ioptera Kollar & Red..., 1844 | | | Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790 | American burying beetle | | Nicrophorus antennatus Reitter, 1885 | | | Nicrophorus concolor Kraatz, 1877 | | | Nicrophorus encaustus Fairmaire, 1896 | Nicrophorus encautus | | Nicrophorus hebes (Kirby, 1837) | ⇒ Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | | Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824 | Banded Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 | Margined Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus melissae Sikes & Madge, 2006 | | | Nicrophorus nepalensis Hope, 1831 | | | Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 | Roundneck Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807 | Pustulated Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus sausai Růžička, Háv..., 2000 | | | Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840 | Say'S Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus semenowi Reitter, 1887 | Net-winged beetles | | Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 | Gold-necked carrion beetle | | Nicrophorus trumboi Sikes & Madge, 2006 | | | Nicrophorus validus Portevin, 1920 | | | Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | Boreal Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807 | | | Oiceoptoma hypocrita Portevin, 1903 | | | Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781 | Ridged Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771 | Margined Carrion Beetle | | Oiceoptoma rugulosum Portevin, 1903 | | | Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-breasted Carrion Beetle | | Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758) | ⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | Silpha atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783 | Silphid beetle | | Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | Gray bushmallow | | Silpha obscura obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Thanatophilus dentiger Semenov & A.P., 1891 | | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus minutus Kraatz, 1876 | | | Thanatophilus porrectus A. Semenov, 1891 | | | Thanatophilus roborowskyi Jakovlev, 1887 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in India
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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