Silis (beetle)

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.

Silis
Silis percomis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Silinae
Tribe:	Silini
Genus:	Silis Charpentier, 1825
Synonyms
Hapalocrosilis Pic, 1916 Silis Dejean, 1821

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