Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Mexico (North America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 698
14124
57109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 694
14107
57082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 663
13942
56498 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 402
11105
46472 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 120
3952
19861 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 111
3638
17764 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 12
580
2826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
455
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles | 5
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mexico
5 Genera with 15 Species
Species list for Mexico
15 Species | Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823 | Garden Carrion Beetle | | Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758 | American Carrion Beetle | | Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790 | American burying beetle | | Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845 | Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 | Margined Burying Beetle | | Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888 | | | Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843 | Arizona cottonwood | | Nicrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888 | | | Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 | Roundneck Sexton Beetle | | Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus Matthews, 1888 | | | Oxelytrum cayennense Stürm, 1826 | | | Oxelytrum discicolle Brullé, 1836 | | | Thanatophilus graniger Chevrolat, 1833 | | | Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793 | Northern Carrion Beetle | | Thanatophilus truncatus Say, 1823 | |
Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Mexico
 | | Silphidae (Latreille 1807) |
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