Oiceoptoma noveboracense use the succession of insect fauna to provide confirmation of postmortem intervals. "Oiceoptoma noveboracense's" Latin specific name means "pertaining to New York" (Latin "Novum Eboracum" + "-ensis"), referring to the original source of the type specimen. Although less common, some literature will refer to the species as "Oiceoptoma noveboracensis". The genus "Oiceoptoma" was described by the English naturalist, William Elford Leach, in 1815. "Oiceoptoma noveboracense" larvae range from light brown to dark reddish in color. The larvae are typically flat and trilobite-like in appearance. They are capable of moving locations during their development. The adults average from long. The middle
Eboracum houses, workshops, storehouses and cemeteries. The Roman city is mentioned in Robert Heinlein's novel "Have Space Suit—Will Travel". It also features in "" as the base of a fictional group of Roman families who stayed on after the evacuation by Rome of Britannia. The Roman City is the location for Semper Fidelus, a detective novel by Ruth Downie, part of her Medicus series. Eboracum also appears in the video game as a provincial capital. Eboracum Eboracum (Latin /ebo'rakum/, English or ) was a fort and city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town