Biology:Silphinae
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Short description: Subfamily of beetles
| Silphinae | |
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| Oxelytrum cayennense | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Subfamily: | Silphinae Latreille, 1806[1] |
Silphinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 113 extant species of this subfamily, in two tribe and in 14 genera. It contains the following tribes and genera:[2]
Tribes and genera
- Necrodini Portevin, 1926
- Silphini Latreille, 1806
- Ablattaria Reitter, 1884
- Aclypea Reitter, 1884
- Dendroxena Motschulsky, 1858
- Heterosilpha Portevin, 1926
- Heterotemna Wollaston, 1864
- Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
- Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
- Oxelytrum Gistel, 1848
- Phosphuga Leach, 1817
- Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1828
- Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
- Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
- †Allopliosilpha Gersdorf, 1969
- †Pliosilpha Gersdorf, 1970
References
- ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lawrence, John F.; Lyal, Chris H. C.; Newton, Alfred F.; Reid, Chris A. M. et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMID 21594053.
- ↑ Biolib
Wikidata ☰ Q3483935 entry
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