Oileus rimator

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

{{Taxobox

| name = Oileus rimator

| image = Oileus rimator sjh.jpg

| image_width = 250px

| image_caption = Oileus rimator, adult

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| familia = Passalidae

| genus = Oileus

| species = O. rimator

| binomial = Oileus rimator

| binomial_authority = Truqui

}}

Oileus rimator is a beetle of the family Passalidae. It is found in Mexico, on both sides of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.{{Cite journal |last1=Edwin R. Ariza-Marín |last2=Larry Jiménez-Ferbans |last3=Pedro Reyes-Castillo |date=2024-01-01 |title=Wing Condition and Distribution of a Mesoamerican Montane Genus of Wood- degrading Beetles, Oileus Kaup (Coleoptera: Passalidae), with the Description of a New Species |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMCPMC11561544 |journal=Zoological Studies |language=en |volume=63 |issue=10 |pages=e10 |doi=10.6620/ZS.2024.63-10 |pmc=11561544 |pmid=39544528}}

In a nutritional study of edible insects, Oileus rimator larvae were found to be 21% protein, compared to 80% for adult female gypsy moths (Lymantria dispar).{{Cite book |last=Capinera |first=John L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9ITMiiohVQC&dq=%22Oileus+rimator%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA2624 |title=Encyclopedia of Entomology |date=2008-08-11 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4020-6242-1 |pages=2624 |language=en}} Another study found that the larvae contained 36.0% crude protein.{{Cite book |last=Toldra |first=Fidel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmVkEAAAQBAJ |title=Lawrie's Meat Science |date=2022-08-26 |publisher=Elsevier Science |isbn=978-0-323-98453-9 |pages=813 |language=en}}