Species list, Checklist of Family Silphidae (Burying And Carrion Beetles) for Tunisia (North Africa)

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Checklist for Family Silphidae Latreille, 1807 (Burying And Carrion Beetles)
and region Tunisia (North Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	359 2886 6688	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	358 2883 6685	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	350 2865 6666	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	226 2182 5486	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	62 1006 2826	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	59 860 2268	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	8 291 1019	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles	6 238 829	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Silphidae Latreille, 1807 Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles	2 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Tunisia
2 Genera with 6 Species

Silpha Linnaeus, 1802		3	Species	Taxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 1758		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Tunisia
6 Species

Silpha olivieri Bedel, 1887
Silpha puncticollis Lucas, 1846
Silpha ruficornis (Marsham, 1802)	⇒ Atomaria testacea Stephens, 1830
Thanatophilus grilati Bedel, 1891
Thanatophilus ruficornis Küster, 1851
Thanatophilus sinuatus Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Silphidae with occurrences in Tunisia

Subfamily

2
6

Genera
Species

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