Ripiphorus Bosc 1792 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Synonym: Myodites Latreille 1829
Full reference: L. A. G. Bosc. 1792. Ripiphorus. Journal d'Histoire Naturelle 2:293-296
Parent taxon: Ripiphorini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Fabricius 1798, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1900
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ripiphorus meyeri
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rott (Krantz Bonn coll) (Oligocene of Germany)
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