Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst, 1802) is a animal in the Staphylinidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst, 1802)

The gold-and-brown rove beetle, Ontholestes cingulatus, is a large rove beetle species in the family Staphylinidae.

Family
Genus
Ontholestes
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst, 1802) is a species of large rove beetle belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This species is commonly known as the gold-and-brown rove beetle, or as a carrion beetle.

Photo: (c) Anthony Zukoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Ontholestes

More from Staphylinidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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