Silphinae

Silphinae is a subfamily of carrion beetles. There are 113 extant species of this subfamily, in two tribe and in 14 genera. It contains the following tribes and genera:^[2]

Silphinae
Oxelytrum cayennense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Silphinae Latreille, 1806[1]

Tribes and genera

• Necrodini Portevin, 1926
  • Diamesus Hope, 1840
  • Necrodes Leach, 1815
• Silphini Latreille, 1806
  • Ablattaria Reitter, 1884
  • Aclypea Reitter, 1884
  • Dendroxena Motschulsky, 1858
  • Heterosilpha Portevin, 1926
  • Heterotemna Wollaston, 1864
  • Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  • Oiceoptoma Leach, 1815
  • Oxelytrum Gistel, 1848
  • Phosphuga Leach, 1817
  • Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1828
  • Silpha Linnaeus, 1758
  • Thanatophilus Leach, 1815
  • †Allopliosilpha Gersdorf, 1969
  • †Pliosilpha Gersdorf, 1970