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]

Oiceoptoma inaequale
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Oiceoptoma
Species:
O. inaequale
Binomial name
Oiceoptoma inaequale
(Fabricius, 1781)
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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