Silis (beetle)

Silis
	Silis percomis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Silinae
Tribe:	Silini
Genus:	Silis; Charpentier, 1825
Synonyms
	Hapalocrosilis Pic, 1916 ; Silis Dejean, 1821

Silis is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae, found mostly in Europe and the Americas. There are at least 80 described species in Silis.¹²³

Species

These 88 species belong to the genus Silis:

Silis abdominalis Schaeffer, 1908^{i g}
Silis abrupta Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis abstrusa Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis acuta Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis alexanderi Fender, 1972^{i g}
Silis angelica Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis angulata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis arida Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis arizonica van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis atra LeConte, 1884^{i g}
Silis barri Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis barticana Pic, 1908^g
Silis bidentata (Say, 1825)ⁱ
Silis californica Fender, 1948^{i g}
Silis carbo van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis carmelita Green, 1966^{i g b}
Silis cava LeConte, 1874^{i g}
Silis constricta Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis crucialis Green, 1966^{i g b}
Silis dentigera Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis deserticola van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis difficilis LeConte in Agassiz, 1850^{i b}
Silis disjuncta Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis divaricata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis egregia Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis emarginata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis eximia Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis fabulosa Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis fenderi Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis fenestrata van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis filicornis van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis filigera LeConte, 1874^{i g}
Silis flavida LeConte, 1874^{i g}
Silis fossiger LeConte, 1881^{i g}
Silis freemani Brown, 1940^{i g}
Silis greeni Fender, 1971^{i g}
Silis howdeni Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis humeralis Pic, 1909^g
Silis incongrua Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis insolita Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis insperata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis introversa Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis knulli Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis lasseni Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis latilobus Blatchley, 1910^{i g}
Silis latistylus Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis lecontei Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis lemoulti Pic, 1909^g
Silis lobata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis lutea LeConte in Melsheimer, 1853^{i g b}
Silis macclayi Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis maritima van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis montanica Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis nevadica Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis nigerrima Schaeffer, 1908^{i g}
Silis nitidula (Fabricius, 1792)^g
Silis obtusa LeConte, 1874^{i g}
Silis oregonensis Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis pallida Mannerheim, 1843^{i g b}
Silis parallela Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis percomis (Say, 1835)^{i g b}
Silis perfoliata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis perforata LeConte, 1881^{i g}
Silis peruviana Pic, 1906^g
Silis protracta Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis proxima Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis recta Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis reversa Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis rogueti Constantin, 2012^g
Silis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)^g
Silis rugosa van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis simulata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis singularis Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis solitaria Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis spathulata LeConte, 1881^{i g b}
Silis spinigera LeConte, 1874^{i g b}
Silis spinigerula Fender, 1972^{i g}
Silis striatella Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis subimpressa Pic, 1909^g
Silis subtruncata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis tardella Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis tenuata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis thermalis Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis tricornis van Dyke, 1918^{i g}
Silis triplicata Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis ursina Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis vandykei Green, 1966^{i g}
Silis vulnerata LeConte, 1874^{i g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,¹ c = Catalogue of Life,⁴ g = GBIF,² b = Bugguide.net³

References

"Silis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
"Silis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
"Silis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
"Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-28.

External links

Media related to Silis at Wikimedia Commons

[itis-1] "Silis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[gbif-2] "Silis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[bugref-3] "Silis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[catlife-4] "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-28.

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Silis

Silis percomis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Silinae
Tribe:	Silini
Genus:	Silis Charpentier, 1825
Synonyms
Hapalocrosilis Pic, 1916 Silis Dejean, 1821

Species

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Further reading

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