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 J. Batelka et al. 2025

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, Cai et al. 2018, Li and Cai 2024 and Li et al. 2025

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

Subtaxa: Eorhipidiini Olemehliella Pauroripidius Ripidiini Ripidius megalophus Ripilarva

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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 Brazil (1), Canada (1: Alberta), France (1), Myanmar (10), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 24 collections including 34 occurrences

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