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Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Nearctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
14611
110867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
705
14582
110813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
14384
109530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
443
11552
91603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
129
3808
32266
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
118
3481
27088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
10
726
5675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
7
634
4888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
8
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nearctic
8 Genera with 31 Species
Aclypea Reitter, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle16SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Oxelytrum Gistl, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18235SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nearctic
31 Species
Aclypea bituberosa LeConte, 1859Anchor worm
Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758Beet Carrion Beetle
Heterosilpha aenescens Casey, 1886
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790American burying beetle
Nicrophorus carolina Linnaeus, 1771
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus guttulus Motschulsky, 1845
Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888
Nicrophorus nigritus Mannerheim, 1843
Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby, 1837
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pulsator Laporte, 1840
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840Say'S Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801Gold-necked carrion beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma inaequalis Fabricius, 1781
Oiceoptoma noveboracensis Forster, 1771
Oiceoptoma rugulosa Portevin, 1903
Oxelytrum discicollis Brullé, 1836
Thanatophilus coloradensis Wickham, 1902
Thanatophilus lapponica Herbst, 1793
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853
Thanatophilus trituberculata Kirby, 1837
Thanatophilus truncata Say, 1823

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Nearctic
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
16
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
7
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Silphidae (Latreille 1807)
Silphidae (Latreille 1807)


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