Silphinae Explained

Silphinae is a subfamily of carrion beetles. There are 113 extant species of this subfamily, in two tribe and in 14 genera. It contains the following tribes and genera:^[1]

Tribes and genera

• Necrodini Portevin, 1926
  • Diamesus Hope, 1840
  • Necrodes Leach, 1815
• 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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id5321/ Biolib