Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1807. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum: Secundum Ordinem Naturalem in Familias Disposita, Iconibus Exemplisque Plurimis Explicata, Tomus Secundus 1-280
Parent taxon: Silphinae according to J. E. King et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aclypea, Dendroxena, Necrodini, Oiceoptoma, Phosphuga, Pliosilpha
Subtaxa: Necrophila Silpha Thanatophilus
Type: Silpha
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (2 collections), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (11: California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington)
• Miocene of Croatia (1), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences