| Kingdom: Animalia | 
| Phylum: Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: Hexapoda | 
| Class: Insecta | 
| Infraclass: Neoptera | 
| Subclass: Pterygota | 
| Order: Coleoptera | 
| Suborder: Polyphaga | 
| Infraorder: Staphyliniformia | 
| Superfamily: Staphylinoidea | 
| Family: Silphidae | 
| Subfamily: Silphinae | 
| Tribe: Silphini | 
| Genus: Oiceoptoma | 
| Subject: Oiceoptoma inaequalis (Fabricius, 1781) |