A mating pair of Ridged Carrion Beetles in Harford Co., Maryland (4/22/2018).
A Ridged Carrion Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (3/30/2018).
Ridged Carrion Beetles in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/29/2020).
A pair of mating Ridged Carrion Beetles in a deer carcass in Baltimore City, Maryland (4/4/2015). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide.
Ridged Carrion Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Ridged Carrion Beetles (all dark) with American Carrion and Margined Carrion Beetles in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (5/29/2010).
Ridged Carrion Beetles in Talbot Co., Maryland (5/3/2016).
A Ridged Carrion Beetle in Calvert Co., Maryland (3/13/2020).
Ridged Carrion Beetle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/12/2022). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Ridged Carrion Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Ridged Carrion Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
A Ridged Carrion Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/21/2018).
Ridged Carrion Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Ridged Carrion Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (4/29/2017).
Ridged Carrion Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (4/25/2018).
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A mating pair of Ridged Carrion Beetles in Harford Co., Maryland (4/22/2018).
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A Ridged Carrion Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (3/30/2018).
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Ridged Carrion Beetles in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/29/2020).
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Jim Moore.
A pair of mating Ridged Carrion Beetles in a deer carcass in Baltimore City, Maryland (4/4/2015). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide.
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Ridged Carrion Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Ridged Carrion Beetles (all dark) with American Carrion and Margined Carrion Beetles in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (5/29/2010).
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Bill Hubick.
Ridged Carrion Beetles in Talbot Co., Maryland (5/3/2016).
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Jim Stasz.
A Ridged Carrion Beetle in Calvert Co., Maryland (3/13/2020).
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Ridged Carrion Beetle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/12/2022). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Ridged Carrion Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Ridged Carrion Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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A Ridged Carrion Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/21/2018).
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Ridged Carrion Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Ridged Carrion Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (4/29/2017).
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Ridged Carrion Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (4/25/2018).
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| Oiceoptoma inaequale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Oiceoptoma |
| Species: | O. inaequale
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| Binomial name | |
| Oiceoptoma inaequale (Fabricius, 1781)
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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]
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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