BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
POLYPHAGA
(mainly terrestrial beetles)
STAPHYLINOIDEA
SILPHINAE
(a subfamily of sexton beetles)
Silpha tristis
(a sexton beetle)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 (a sexton beetle)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph of larva) A Coleopterist's handbook

Silpha tristis may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Silpha tristis is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Silpha tristis listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Silpha tristis:

Silpha tristis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

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