Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781
Ridged Carrion Beetle: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/8293
Synonyms
Oiceoptoma inaequalis  Silpha inaequalis 
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Oiceoptoma inaequale
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Oiceoptoma
Species:
O. inaequale
Binomial name
Oiceoptoma inaequale
(Fabricius, 1781)

Oiceoptoma inaequale, the ridged carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Ridged carrion beetle, Oiceoptoma inaequale

It has been witnessed breeding in and on a western rat snake carcass.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Oiceoptoma inaequale Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Oiceoptoma inaequale". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Unger, Shem; Hull, Zeb; Rollins, Mark (2019). "Diversity of vertebrate and invertebrate scavenging communities of reptile carcasses in the piedmont of North Carolina, USA". Biodiversity Journal. 10 (1): 47–56. doi:10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2019.10.1.47.56.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
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