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Silpha obscura

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Silpha obscura is a species in the family Staphylinidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

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Quick facts about Silpha obscura

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Silpha obscura live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Silpha obscura is listed for 2 countries.

TajikistanKyrgyzstan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Kyrgyzstan
  2. Tajikistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Silpha obscura endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Silpha obscura classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyStaphylinidae
  6. genusSilpha
  7. SpeciesSilpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Silpha obscura

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Silpha obscura

Other species in the same genus Silpha.

CompareSilpha obscura vs Silpha arenariaSilpha obscura vs Silpha cribrataSilpha obscura vs Silpha laevigataSilpha obscura vs Silpha subtriangula

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Silpha obscura live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Silpha obscura for 2 countries: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Silpha obscura?

Silpha obscura (Silpha obscura) belongs to the family Staphylinidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silpha obscura (Silpha obscura). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silpha-obscura

MLA

“Silpha obscura (Silpha obscura).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silpha-obscura.

BibTeX
@misc{silpha_obscura_2026,
  title = {Silpha obscura (Silpha obscura)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silpha-obscura},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}