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Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Quebec (East Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
500
5621
14759
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
499
5618
14755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
476
5508
14450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
347
4799
12813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
95
1564
4559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
88
1419
3728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
10
317
1112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
7
265
947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
6
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Quebec
6 Genera with 19 Species
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle13SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18532SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Quebec
19 Species
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790American burying beetle
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus hebes (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783
Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
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 inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Quebec
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
1
12
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Silphidae (Latreille 1807)
Silphidae (Latreille 1807)


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