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Checklist of Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
for Tokyo (Kanto, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
308
2662
3838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
308
2662
3838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
292
2602
3757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
199
2235
3268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
65
820
1179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
59
707
909
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
82
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
5
49
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles
7
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tokyo
7 Genera with 12 Species
Eusilpha Semenov, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1877Burying Beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Ptomascopus Kraatz, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tokyo
12 Species
Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus, 1758Shore Sexton Beetle
Necrodes nigricornis Harold, 1875
Necrophila japonica Motschulsky, 1862
Nicrophorus concolor Kraatz, 1877
Nicrophorus japonicus Harold, 1877Birthworts
Nicrophorus maculifrons Kraatz, 1877
Nicrophorus nigricornis Faldermann, 1835
Nicrophorus quadripunctatus Kraatz, 1877
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma subrufum Lewis, 1888
Ptomascopus morio Kraatz, 1877
Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Tokyo
SubfamilyNicrophorinae
Kirby, 1837
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySilphinae
Latreille, 1807
5
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Silphidae (Latreille 1807)
Silphidae (Latreille 1807)


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