Oxelytrum is a genus of carrion beetles belonging to the family Silphidae.
| Oxelytrum | |
|---|---|
| |
| Oxelytrum cayennense | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Subfamily: | |
| Tribe: | |
| Genus: | Oxelytrum Gistel, 1848
|
| Synonyms | |
| |
Species in this genus have three ridges on each elytron, without hairs on the pronotal disk. They are usually black with reddish markings and have 3-segmented antennal clubs. Most species are nocturnal and are mainly confined to South America.[1][2]
Species
edit- Oxelytrum anticola (Guerin-Meneville)
- Oxelytrum apicale (Brullé)
- Oxelytrum biguttatum (Philippi, 1850)
- Oxelytrum cayennense (Stürm, 1826)
- Oxelytrum discicolle (Brullé, 1836)
- Oxelytrum emarginatum (Portevin)
- Oxelytrum erythrurum (Blanchard, 1849)
- Oxelytrum lineatocolle (Laporte)
- Oxelytrum selknan Oliva, 2012
References
edit- ^ American Insects
- ^ a b Steward B. Peck, Robert S. Anderson Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the carrion beetles of Latin America Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine Questiones Entomologicaes 21.247-317 1985
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life
_male_(3296105414).jpg){kind=small} | This Silphidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |