Oxelytrum

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

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

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
  • 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

[2][3][4]

References
  1. American Insects
  2. Steward B. Peck, Robert S. Anderson Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the carrion beetles of Latin America Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine Questiones Entomologicaes 21.247-317 1985
  3. Biolib
  4. Encyclopedia of Life


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