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Silphidae Latreille, 1806

104896  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104896)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Coleoptera (Order)
  7. Silphidae (Family)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Genus Aclypea Reitter, 1885
  2. Genus Allopliosilpha Gersdorf, 1971
  3. Genus Cretosaja Sohn & Nam, 2021 †
  4. Genus Dendroxena Motschoulsky, 1858
  5. Genus Diamesus Hope, 1840
  6. Genus Eonecrophorus Kurosawa, 1985
  7. Genus Eosilphites Haupt, 1950 †
  8. Genus Gripecolous Lin, 1986 †
  9. Genus Heterosilpha Portevin, 1926
  10. Genus Heterotemna Wollaston, 1864
  11. Genus Mercata Lin, 1986 †
  12. Genus Necrodes Leach, 1815
  13. Genus Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  14. Genus Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  15. Genus Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
  16. Genus Oxelytrum Gistl, 1848
  17. Genus Palaeosilpha Flach, 1890
  18. Genus Pliosilpha Gersdorf, 1969 †
  19. Genus Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  20. Genus Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
  21. Genus Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  22. Genus Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
  23. Genus Asbolus Voet, 1793 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, work not consistently binomial)
  24. Genus Cyclophorus Agassiz, 1846 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  25. Genus Pelates Gemminger & Harold, 1868 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  26. Genus Ablattaria Reitter, 1885 accepted as Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  27. Genus Acanthopsilus Portevin, 1914 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  28. Genus Adelops Tellkampf, 1843 accepted as Ptomaphagus Hellwig, 1795
  29. Genus Adolus Eschscholtz in Fischer v. Waldheim, 1828 accepted as Pteroloma Schönherr in Gyllenhal, 1827
  30. Genus Asbolus Bergroth, 1884 accepted as Necrodes Leach, 1815
  31. Genus Blitophaga Reitter, 1885 accepted as Aclypea Reitter, 1885
  32. Genus Calosilpha Portevin, 1920 accepted as Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  33. Genus Chalcosilpha Portevin, 1926 accepted as Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
  34. Genus Chrysosilpha Portevin, 1921 accepted as Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  35. Genus Cyclophorus Stephens, 1829 accepted as Necrodes Leach, 1815
  36. Genus Cyrtoscelis Hope, 1840 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  37. Genus Deuterosilpha Hatch, 1928 accepted as Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  38. Genus Deutosilpha Portevin, 1920 accepted as Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  39. Genus Eunecrophorus Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  40. Genus Eusilpha Semenov, 1891 accepted as Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  41. Genus Heterostemna Gemminger & Harold, 1868 accepted as Heterotemna Wollaston, 1864
  42. Genus Hyponecrodes Kraatz, 1876 accepted as Oxelytrum Gistl, 1848
  43. Genus Isosilpha Portevin, 1920 accepted as Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
  44. Genus Katanecrodes Schouteden, 1905 accepted as Oxelytrum Gistl, 1848
  45. Genus Mionecrodes Hatch, 1927 accepted as Necrodes Leach, 1815
  46. Genus Necrobora Hope, 1840 accepted as Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  47. Genus Necroborus Weigel, 1806 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  48. Genus Necrocharis Portevin, 1923 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  49. Genus Necrocleptes Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  50. Genus Necrophagus Leach, 1815 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  51. Genus Necrophorindus Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  52. Genus Necrophoriscus Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  53. Genus Necrophorus Thunberg, 1789 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  54. Genus Necrophorus Illiger, 1798 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  55. Genus Necropter Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  56. Genus Necroxenus Semenov-Tian-Shanskiĭ, 1926 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  57. Genus Neirophorus Berthold in Latreille, 1827 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  58. Genus Neonicrophorus Hatch, 1946 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  59. Genus Nesonecrophorus Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  60. Genus Nesonecropter Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  61. Genus Nigrophorus Fabricius, 1787 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  62. Genus Oeceoptoma Leach, 1815 accepted as Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
  63. Genus Oeceoptoma Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
  64. Genus Oeceoptomum Gistel, 1856 accepted as Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
  65. Genus Oeningosilpha Hatch, 1927 accepted as Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  66. Genus Oxelytrium Gistl, 1857 accepted as Oxelytrum Gistl, 1848
  67. Genus Paranecrodes Portevin, 1921 accepted as Oxelytrum Gistl, 1848
  68. Genus Pelates Horn, 1880 accepted as Ipelates Reitter, 1885
  69. Genus Peltinus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  70. Genus Philas Portevin, 1903 accepted as Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
  71. Genus Philus Saulcy, 1874 accepted as Aphiliops Reitter, 1884
  72. Genus Phosphuga Leach, 1817 accepted as Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  73. Genus Phosphyga Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  74. Genus Protonecrodes Portevin, 1922 accepted as Necrodes Leach, 1815
  75. Genus Pseudopelta Bergroth, 1884 accepted as Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
  76. Genus Ptomacharis Portevin, 1932 accepted as Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  77. Genus Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1877 accepted as Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
  78. Genus Ptomatophila Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  79. Genus Ptomatoscopus Rye, 1879 accepted as Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
  80. Genus Silphosoma Portevin, 1903 accepted as Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
  81. Genus Stictonecropter Semenov, 1933 accepted as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  82. Genus Sylpha Berkenhout, 1795 accepted as Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  83. Genus Tomascopus Kraatz, 1876 accepted as Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
  84. Genus Xylodrepa Thomson, 1859 accepted as Dendroxena Motschoulsky, 1858
  85. Genus Peltis Geoffroy, 1762 (unaccepted > unavailable name, name suppressed by ICZN)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Authority given as Latreille, 1807 in Hallan, 2000-  
Taxonomic remark Authority given as Latreille, 1807 in Hallan, 2000- [details]
IRMNG (2024). Silphidae Latreille, 1806. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104896 on 2025-01-08
Date
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2024-05-10 01:13:24Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

source of synonymy Sikes, D. S.; Thayer, M. K.; Newton, A. F. (2024). Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): a review of the evidence. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1200: 159-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835 [details] 

name verified source Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 88: 1-972., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807 [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexapoda (Subphylum) > Insecta (Class) > Pterygota (Subclass) > Neoptera (Infraclass) > Holometabola (Superorder) > Coleoptera (Order) > Polyphaga (Suborder) > Staphylinoidea (Superfamily) > Silphidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Beetles, terrestrial (characteristics of order) (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Jurassic (Hettangian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority given as Latreille, 1807 in Hallan, 2000- [details]
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