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Ripiphoridae
| Description | The Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) are a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles. Informally they are known by the common name "wedge-shaped beetles". The Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae. Members of the family differ in their choice of hosts, but most attack various species of bees or wasps, while some others attack cockroaches. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripiphoridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ripiphoridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | wedge shaped beetle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Ripiphoridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 14 (31%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 105 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Gemminger. 1870. New taxa. In M. Gemminger, E. von Harold (eds.), Catalogus Coleopterorum Hucusque Descriptorum Synonymicus et Systematicus. Tom. VII. Tenebrionidae, Nilionidae, Pythidae, Melandryidae, Lagriidae, Pedilidae, Anthicidae, Pyrochroidae, Mordellidae, Rhipidophoridae, Cantharidae, Oedemeridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Kamhornsbaggar, Wedge Shaped Beetle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripiphoridae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hemirhipidiinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Pelecotominae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ripidiinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ripiphorinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Allocinops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blattivorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Clinops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Macrosiagon genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Metoecus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Micholaemus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neorrhipidius genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ohananomia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paleoripiphorus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pauroripidius ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Pelecotoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ptilophorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Quasipirhidius genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Quasirhipidius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhipidocyrtus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhipistena genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhizostylops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ripidius genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ripiphorus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Scotoscopus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trigonodera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zapotecotoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Rhipidophoridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Rhipidophoridae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1981 | Rhipiphoridae Crowson p. 697 |
| 1995 | Rhipiphoridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 786 |
| 2011 | Ripiphoridae Bouchard et al. |
| 2016 | Ripiphoridae Batelka et al. p. 71 |
| 2017 | Ripiphoridae Hsiao and Huang p. 30 |
| 2018 | Ripiphoridae Batelka et al. p. 297 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
