SILPHIDAE Latreille, 1806
(sexton beetles)

SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
NICROPHORINAE
a subfamily of sexton beetles
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 3 references
SILPHINAE
a subfamily of sexton beetles
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon Silphidae interactive key
Anon Key to British Silphidae (Burying beetles and allies)
() Duff, A.G. 2012 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Sphaeriusidae to Silphidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, 496pp
Hackston, M. 2009 Family Silphidae illustrated key to genus http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/

SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 59 images of SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)
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