Subfamily Ripidiinae Gerstaecker 1855 (wedge shaped beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

Full reference: A. Gerstaecker. 1855. Rhipiphoridum Coleopterorum Familiae Dispositio Systematica 1-36

Parent taxon: Ripiphoridae according to Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai 2024

See also Alekseev 2019, Batelka et al. 2018, Batelka et al. 2016, Batelka and Prokop 2019, Batelka and Prokop 2023, Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022 and Cai et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Hemirhipidiinae, Pelecotominae, Ptilophorinae, Ripiphorinae, Salignacicola

Subtaxa: Eorhipidiini Olemehliella Pauroripidius Ripidiini Ripidius megalophus

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Type: Ripidius

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Myanmar (8)

Total: 19 collections including 28 occurrences

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