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title: "Red-breasted Carrion Beetle"
description: "Oiceoptoma thoracicum — Insects & spiders. Oiceoptoma thoracicum, the red-breasted carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-breasted-carrion-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-breasted Carrion Beetle

> Oiceoptoma thoracicum — Insects & spiders. Oiceoptoma thoracicum, the red-breasted carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae.

- Scientific name: *Oiceoptoma thoracicum*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8668
- Wikidata: [Q390738](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390738)
- iNaturalist taxon: [460842](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/460842)

## Names

- en: Red-breasted Carrion Beetle
- de: Rothalsige Silphe
- es: Escarabajo carroñero de pecho rojo
- fr: Silphe à corselet rouge
- nl: Oranje aaskever
- pl: Ścierwiec

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1499), RU (1070), AT (1043), DK (574), GB (531), PL (498), CZ (463), FI (409), LT (313), IT (310), FR (262), UA (255)

## Summary

Oiceoptoma thoracicum, the red-breasted carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in the Palearctic. As a carrion beetle, this species is a generalist that can have importance in forensic entomology. Larval survival to adulthood occurs most often if the beetles are fed pork compared to beef or chicken.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oiceoptoma_thoracicum

## Photo

![Red-breasted Carrion Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-breasted-carrion-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tobias Schönberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162977683

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-breasted-carrion-beetle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).