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Oiceoptoma inaequale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Silphidae
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.

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

References

1. "Oiceoptoma inaequale Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Oiceoptoma inaequale". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Oiceoptoma inaequale species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. 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

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

External links

• Media related to Oiceoptoma inaequale at Wikimedia Commons

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