Oxelytrum is a genus of 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.American InsectsSteward B. Peck, Robert S. Anderson Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the carrion beetles of Latin America Questiones Entomologicaes 21.247-317 1985
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 BiolibEncyclopedia of Life
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