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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Carrion Beetles (Silphinae) » Silphini » Oiceoptoma » Margined Carrion Beetle (Oiceoptoma noveboracense)

Species Oiceoptoma noveboracense - Margined Carrion Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited
Margined Carrion Beetle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense Carrion Beatle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense Silphidae, dorsal - Oiceoptoma noveboracense Oiceoptoma noveboracense Carrion beetle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense Pennsylvania Beetle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense Beetle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense Pennsylvania Beetle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Silphinae (Carrion Beetles)
Tribe Silphini
Genus Oiceoptoma
Species noveboracense (Margined Carrion Beetle)
Other Common Names
Le Silphe marginé (French--Insects of Quebec)
Explanation of Names
Oiceoptoma noveboracense (Forster 1771)
noveboracense = 'from New York'
Size
10.0-13.5 mm(1)
Range
e. NA to AB (NS-GA to AB-CO-OK-MS) - Map (2)(3), scarce along Gulf and s. Atlantic coastal plains
Habitat
Usually deciduous forests, but sometimes in grasslands.
Food
Adults sometimes consume fly larvae (maggots) on carrion
Life Cycle
Diurnal. Larvae feed on carrion, sometimes decaying fungi, perhaps maggots. One generation per year.(1)
See Also
Necrophila americana
Works Cited
1.The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska
Brett Ratcliffe. 1996. University of Nebraska State Museum.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Cotinis on 6 September, 2004 - 7:59pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 18 October, 2022 - 12:47pm

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