Taxonomy of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 592
62779
813516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 274
54416
687671 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 22
8512
135171 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 12
7401
118107 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 77
1248 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Silphidae Latreille, 1807 | Subfamily | Nicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
| 5
239 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Silphinae
Latreille, 1807
| 28
694 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Adelops
Telkampf, 1844 ⇒ Ptomaphagus
| 104 | Species | | Genus | Adolus
Gistl, 1848
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Chalcosilpha
Portevin, 1926
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Cyrtoscelis
Hope, 1840
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Deutosilpha
Portevin, 1920
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Eosilphites ♰
Haupt, 1950
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Eunecrophorus
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Grammocolous ♰
Lin, 1986
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Gripecolous ♰
Lin, 1986
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Heterostemna
Gemminger & Harold, 1868 ⇒ Heterotemna
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hyponecrodes
Kraatz, 1876
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Isosilpha
Portevin, 1920
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Mercata ♰
Lin, 1986
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Mionecrodes
Hatch, 1927 ⇒ Necrodes
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necrobora
Hope, 1840
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necroborus
Weigel, 1806
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necrocleptes
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necrophagus
Leach, 1815
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Necrophorindus
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necrophoriscus
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necrophorus
Fabricius, 1792 ⇒ Nicrophorus
| 186 | Species | | Genus | Necropter
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necroxenus
Semenov-Tian-Shanski?, 1926
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Neirophorus
Berthold in Latreille, 1827 ⇒ Nicrophorus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Neonicrophorus
Hatch, 1946
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nesonecrophorus
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nesonecropter
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nigrophorus
Fabricius, 1787 ⇒ Nicrophorus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Oeceoptoma
Agassiz, 1847 ⇒ Oiceoptoma
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Oeceoptomum
Gistel, 1856
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Oeningosilpha
Hatch, 1927 ⇒ Silpha
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Oxelytrium
Gistl, 1857
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Peltidion
Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pettis
Melsheimer, 1844
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Phosphyga
Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Silpha
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Proscapheus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pseudopelta
Bergroth, 1884
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Ptomacharis
Portevin, 1932
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ptomatophila
Agassiz, 1846
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ptomatoscopus
Rye, 1879
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Silphidium
Handlirsch, 1907 ⇒ Silphites
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Stictonecropter
Semenov, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Sylpha
Mayer, 1779 ⇒ Silpha
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Tomascopus
Kraatz, 1876
| 0 | Species |
Synonyms | Necrophoridae (Kirby, 1837) | | Silphales (Latreille, 1806) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Silphidae | German | Aaskäfer | | English | Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles | | Dutch | Aaskevers, Doodgravers | | Danish | Ã...dselbiller, Ådselbiller | | Swedish | Asbaggar, Skinnarbaggar | | Finnish | Raatokuoriaiset | | Norwegian | Åtselbiller |
Distribution and Species lists of Silphidae Latreille, 1807
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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