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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Oiceoptoma |
| Species: | O. inaequale
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| Oiceoptoma inaequale (Fabricius, 1781)
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It has been witnessed breeding in and on a western rat snake carcass.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Oiceoptoma inaequale Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Oiceoptoma inaequale". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Oiceoptoma inaequale species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ 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
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
External links
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