Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Red-breasted Carrion Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOiceoptoma thoracicum (Red-breasted Carrion Beetle)
SubfamilySILPHINAE (a subfamily of sexton beetles)
FamilySILPHIDAE (sexton beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Red-breasted Carrion Beetle) :
1: Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Red-breasted Carrion Beetle)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
inside dead rabbit
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - ventral view
2: Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Red-breasted Carrion Beetle)
31 May 1975 OSGR: NZ80 54° 20’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Adult - latero-dorsal view - enlarged

Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Red-breasted Carrion Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Red-breasted Carrion Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Red-breasted Carrion Beetle)
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