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Silphinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Silphinae Latreille
1995Silphinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Silphinae Bouchard et al. p. 174
2015Silphinae King et al.
2016Silphinae Webster p. 414
2022Silphinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilySilphinae
subfamilySilphinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Silphinae Latreille 1807
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G. Aclypea Reitter 1884
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Aclypea altaica Gebler 1830
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Invalid names: Blitophaga jacituca Rjabukhin 1990 [synonym], Blitophaga jacutica Rjabukhin 1990 [synonym]
Aclypea bituberosa Le Conte 1859
Aclypea calva Reitter 1885
Aclypea opaca Linnaeus 1758
Aclypea sericea Zubkov 1833
Invalid names: Blitophaga Reitter 1885 [synonym]
G. Dendroxena Motschulsky 1858
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Dendroxena sexcarinata Motschulsky 1861
Invalid names: Xylodrepa Thomson 1859 [synonym]
Tr. Necrodini Portevin 1926
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G. Necrodes Leach 1815
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†Necrodes primaevus Beutenmüller and Cockerell 1908
G. Oiceoptoma Leach 1815
G. Phosphuga Leach 1817
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Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus 1758
G. †Pliosilpha Gersdorf 1969
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†Pliosilpha strausi Gersdorf 1969
Tr. Silphini Latreille 1807
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G. Necrophila Kirby and Spence 1828
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Subg. Necrophila (Eusilpha) Semenov 1891
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G. Silpha Linnaeus 1758
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†Silpha beutenmuelleri Wickham 1914
†Silpha colorata Scudder 1900
Silpha obscura Linnaeus 1758
†Silpha obsoleta Heer 1847
Silpha perforata Gebler 1832
†Silpha stratuum Germar 1837
†Silpha tricostata Heer 1847
Silpha tristis Illiger 1798
G. Thanatophilus Leach 1815
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Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim 1853
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Invalid names: Oiceoptoma baicalica Motschulsky 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Necrodes primaevus (106381) Silpha beutenmuelleri, Silpha colorata (106384)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Thanatophilus sp. (160862)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Silpha stratuum (115802)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Silpha obsoleta (117246)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Silpha tricostata (117252)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Thanatophilus sp. (113713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Pliosilpha strausi (109196)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Thanatophilus baicalicus (160109 160153)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Aclypea jacutica, Thanatophilus dispar (163069)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Eusilpha sp. (165704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Phosphuga atrata (169394) Silpha tristis (169392)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Phosphuga atrata (168265 168269 168270) Silpha obscura, Phosphuga atrata (168268)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Silpha lapponica (152007 161528 161535)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Thanatophilus dispar, Aclypea opaca (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Aclypea jacutica (153446) Thanatophilus dispar, Silpha perforata (173216)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Tyumenskaya) Aclypea opaca, Aclypea sericea (175700)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Tyumen) Aclypea sericea (175701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Thanatophilus lapponicus, Aclypea bituberosa (167662) Thanatophilus sagax (157092 169360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Aclypea opaca (175702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Silpha vetusta, Silpha reitteri (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Eusilpha japonica (166083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Thanatophilus coloradensis (169333 169347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Aclypea calva (125794)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Thanatophilus sp. (137201 137204 137205)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation (Novosibirsk) Thanatophilus dispar, Aclypea opaca, Aclypea sericea (175699)