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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
546
5554
13778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
542
5540
13730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
512
5443
13568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
333
4250
11221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
86
1550
4587
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
78
1351
3647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
9
319
1182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
6
254
971
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
6
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Portugal
6 Genera with 18 Species
Aclypea Reitter, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Blitophaga Reitter, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807Burying Beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17815SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17583SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portugal
18 Species
Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758Beet Carrion Beetle
Aclypea undata Müller, 1776
Blitophaga opaca L., 1758Beet carrion beetle
Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758Shore Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837
Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767Black Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837
Nicrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841
Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807
Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Silpha olivieri Bedel, 1887
Silpha puncticollis Lucas, 1846
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Silpha tyrolensis Laicharting, 1781
Thanatophilus ruficornis Küster, 1851
Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758
Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Portugal
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
5
12
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