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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Sweden (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
764
12793
52013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
759
12781
51993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
12594
51549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
466
10609
46529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
122
3432
11717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
111
3062
10183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
767
3697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
7
657
3171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
14
51
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sweden
14 Genera with 51 Species
Ablattaria Reitter, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Aclypea Reitter, 17763SpeciesTaxom
Blitophaga Reitter, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dendroxena Motschulsky, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807Burying Beetle18SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Oxelytrum Gistl, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Phosphuga Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ptomascopus Kraatz, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Silpha Linnaeus, 17817SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18376SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sweden
51 Species
Ablattaria laevigata Fabricius, 1775
Aclypea bituberosa LeConte, 1859Anchor worm
Aclypea opaca Linnaeus, 1758Beet Carrion Beetle
Aclypea undata Müller, 1776
Blitophaga opaca L., 1758Beet carrion beetle
Dendroxena quadrimaculata Scopoli, 1771Carrion beetle
Dendroxena sexcarinata Motschulsky, 1861
Heterosilpha aenescens Casey, 1886
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758Shore Sexton Beetle
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus didymus Brullé, 1836
Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837
Nicrophorus germanicus Linnaeus, 1758
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus humator Gleditsch, 1767Black Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925
Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Nicrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888
Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825
Nicrophorus vespillo Linnaeus, 1758Common Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma subrufum Lewis, 1888
Oiceoptoma thoracica Linnaeus, 1758
Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus, 1758Red-breasted Carrion Beetle
Oxelytrum discicolle Brullé, 1836
Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus, 1758Black Carrion Beetle
Ptomascopus zhangla Háva, Schnei..., 1999
Silpha atrata (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Phosphuga atrata atrata Linnaeus, 1758
Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783Silphid beetle
Silpha grossa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Peltis grossa Linnaeus, 1758
Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Silpha puncticollis Lucas, 1846
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Silpha tyrolensis Laicharting, 1781
Thanatophilus dispar Herbst, 1793
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1758
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853
Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758
Thanatophilus trituberculatus Kirby, 1837

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Sweden
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
2
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
12
32
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