Oxelytrum

Oxelytrum
Oxelytrum cayennense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Silphinae
Tribe: Silphini
Genus: Oxelytrum
Gistel, 1848
Synonyms
  • Hyponecrodes Kraatz, 1876
  • Katanecrodes Schouteden, 1905
  • Paranecrodes Portevin, 1921

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.[1][2]

Species

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References

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