Ontholestes cingulatus

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Ontholestes cingulatus
Gold and Brown Rove Beetle - Ontholestes cingulatus, Waterways Farm, Lovettsville, Virginia.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Ontholestes
Species:
O. cingulatus
Binomial name
Ontholestes cingulatus
(Gravenhorst, 1802)

Ontholestes cingulatus, known generally as the gold-and-brown rove beetle or carrion beetle, is a species of large rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. [1] [2] [3]

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Gold-and-brown rove beetle, Ontholestes cingulatus Ontholestes cingulatus .jpg
Gold-and-brown rove beetle, Ontholestes cingulatus

References

  1. "Ontholestes cingulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. "Ontholestes cingulatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. "Ontholestes cingulatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

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