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Silphidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Silphidae

Name

Homonyms
Silphidae
Common names
Aaskevers in Dutch
Burying Beetles in English
Carrion Beetle in English
Carrion Beetles in English
Nécrophores in French
aaskevers, doodgravers in Dutch
asbaggar in Swedish
burying beetles in English
carrion beetle in English
carrion beetles in English
carrion beetles in English
raatokuoriaiset in Finnish
raatokuoriaiset in Finnish
skinnarbaggar in Swedish
Ådselbiller in Danish
Ådselbiller in Danish
áhčeseadni in Northern Sami
åtselbiller in Norwegian Bokmål
埋葬甲科 in Chinese
Burying And Carrion Beetles in English
asbaggar in Swedish
áhčeseadni in Northern Sami
åtselbiller in Nynorsk, Norwegian
åtselbiller in Norwegian Bokmål
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 (2003) 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
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