SILPHIDAE Latreille, 1806
(sexton beetles)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
NICROPHORINAE a subfamily of sexton beetles					Subfamily	3 subtaxa	25 images	3 ident. refs
SILPHINAE a subfamily of sexton beetles					Subfamily	5 subtaxa	34 images	2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)
Superfamily	STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series	Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

SILPHIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

STAPHYLINOIDEA
(rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

SILPHIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)