Silphidae
A list of beetle species in this family that have been recorded in Devon.
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| Taxon | Records | Hectads | VC3 | VC4 | Earliest | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necrodes littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20 | 14 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | |
| Thanatophilus rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20 | 8 | + | + | <1950 | 2020 | |
| Thanatophilus sinuatus (Fabricius, 1775) | 12 | 8 | + | + | <1950 | 2020 | |
| Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20 | 10 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | |
| Aclypea opaca (Linnaeus, 1758) | 11 | 7 | + | + | <1950 | 2017 | NS |
| Dendroxena quadrimaculata (Scopoli, 1772) | 14 | 5 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | NS |
| Phosphuga atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 191 | 40 | + | + | <1950 | 2020 | |
| Ablattaria laevigata (Fabricius, 1775) | 40 | 7 | + | + | <1950 | 2017 | |
| Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | 9 | 3 | + | + | <1950 | 1983 | NR |
| Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 | 56 | 25 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | |
| Silpha tyrolensis Laicharting, 1781 | 2 | 1 | + | <1950 | <1950 | NS | |
| Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch, 1767) | 37 | 15 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | |
| Nicrophorus interruptus Stephens, 1830 | 12 | 8 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | NS |
| Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824 | 20 | 13 | + | + | <1950 | 2018 | |
| Nicrophorus vespillo (Linnaeus, 1758) | 45 | 16 | + | + | 1894 | 2019 | |
| Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 | 53 | 21 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | |
| Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807 | 5 | 3 | + | + | <1950 | 2019 | NS |
