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Silphinae

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Coleoptera

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Silphinae httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Lower classifications
  
Phosphuga atrata, American carrion beetle

Silphinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 113 extant species of this subfamily, in two tribus and in 14 genera.

Tribus and selected Genera

  • Necrodini Portevin, 1926
  • Diamesus Hope, 1840
  • Necrodes Leach, 1815
  • Silphini Latreille, 1807
  • Ablattaria Reitter, 1884
  • Aclypea Reitter, 1884
  • Dendroxena Motschulsky, 1858
  • Heterosilpha
  • Heterotemna Wollaston, 1864
  • Necrophila
  • Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
  • Oxelytrum
  • Phosphuga Leach, 1817
  • Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  • Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  • Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
  • References

    Silphinae Wikipedia