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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Paleogene (Cenozoic)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
634
4230
9101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
631
4225
9075
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
586
4092
8841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
372
3170
7222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
111
1198
2377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
100
1096
2159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
9
182
313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
7
154
259
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
6
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Paleogene
6 Genera with 7 Species
Eosilphites Haupt, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Palaeosilpha Flach, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Ptomascopus Kraatz, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 18373SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Paleogene
7 Species
Eosilphites decoratus Haupt, 1950
Necrodes primaevus W. Beutenmül..., 1908
Palaeosilpha fraasii K. Flach, 1890
Ptomascopus aveyronensis K. Flach, 1890
Silpha beutenmuelleri H. F. Wickham, 1914
Silpha colorata (S. H. Scudder, 1900)⇒ Emmesa colorata Scudder, 1900
Silpha stratuum E. F. Germar, 1837

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Paleogene
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
3
4
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