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Oxelytrum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Silphidae

Tribe
  
Silphini

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Silphinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Beetle

Oxelytrum

Similar
  
Beetle, Silphinae, Oxelytrum cayennense, Nicrophorini, Silphidae

Oxelytrum is a genus of burying beetles or carrion beetles belonging to the family Silphidae.

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.

Species

  • 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

    Oxelytrum Wikipedia
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