Silphidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Coleoptera

family

Silphidae

Name

Homonyms

Silphidae

Common names

Burying Beetles in English

Carrion Beetle in English

Carrion Beetles in English

Nécrophores in French

aaskevers, doodgravers in Dutch

burying beetles in English

carrion beetle in English

carrion beetles in language.

carrion beetles in English

Ådselbiller in Danish

Burying And Carrion Beetles in English

asbaggar in Swedish

áhčeseadni in Northern Sami

åtselbiller in Norwegian Bokmål

åtselbiller in Nynorsk, Norwegian

skinnarbaggar in Swedish

Bibliographic References

1. Anderson RS, Peck SB (1985) The carrion beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae. Agriculture Canada Publication 1778. 121 pp.
2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
4. Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al., 2011: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, vol. 88. 1-972.
5. 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. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807
6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
7. Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006.
8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
9. Peck, S. B., and S. E. Miller, 1993: Family: Silphidae. A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. x + 24.
10. Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., and Michael C. Thomas, eds., 2001: Family 21. Silphidae Latreille, 1807. American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. 268-271.
11. 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. 10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835