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


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		350
2125
3614		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		349
2123
3612		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		331
2056
3493		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		244
1805
3135		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		71
679
1204		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		66
561
890		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
123
240		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		6
94
171		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles		5
10		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kent
5 Genera with 10 Species
Necrodes Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kent
10 Species
Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758Shore Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767Black Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Ptomaphila lacrymosa Schreibers, 1802Carrion Beetle
Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758
Silpha laevigata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Ablattaria laevigata laevigata Fabricius, 1775
Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Kent
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
4		Genus
Species
Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
4
6		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