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Silpha
Silpha is a genus of the family Silphidae, or Carrion Beetles, formerly including several North American species. The genus is sometimes called siphids. All North American silphid beetles are now reorganized in either the subfamily Nicrophorinae, with the only genus in North America being Nicrophorus, and subfamily Silphinae, including the genera Aclypea, Heterosilpha, Necrodes, Necrophila, Oiceoptoma, and Thanatophilus. The genus Oxelytrum is sometimes included due to a dubious Texas record, but to date has never been
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Obscure Carrion Beetle
speciesSilpha obscura
Sad Carrion Beetle
speciesSilpha tristis
Silpha carinata
speciesSilpha carinata
Silpha tyrolensis
speciesSilpha tyrolensis
Silpha puncticollis
speciesSilpha puncticollis
Silpha olivieri
speciesSilpha olivieri
Cape Carrion Beetle
speciesSilpha punctulata
Silpha perforata
speciesSilpha perforata
Silpha longicornis
speciesSilpha longicornis
Silpha qinlinga
speciesSilpha qinlinga
Silpha koreana
speciesSilpha koreana
Silpha lata
speciesSilpha lata
Silpha businskyorum
speciesSilpha businskyorum
Silpha arenaria
speciesSilpha arenaria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131952.