Species list, Checklist of Family Silphidae (Burying And Carrion Beetles) for Northern Isles (Scotland, United Kingdom)

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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Northern Isles (Scotland, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	190 717 1148	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	189 716 1147	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	177 690 1115	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	128 558 947	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	32 176 326	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	28 131 208	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	5 41 94	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles	4 33 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Silphidae Latreille, 1807 Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Northern Isles
2 Genera with 4 Species

Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783	Burying Beetle	3	Species	Taxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 1758		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Northern Isles
4 Species

Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767	Black Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824	Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783	Boreal Carrion Beetle
Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758)	⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Northern Isles

Subfamily	Nicrophorinae Kirby, 1837	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Silphinae Latreille, 1807	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

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