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.

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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Pelletier, G.; Hébert, C. (2014). "The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 25: 1–246. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.25.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

External links

• Media related to Silis at Wikimedia Commons