Subfamily Ripiphorinae Gemminger 1870 (wedge shaped beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

Full reference: M. Gemminger. 1870. New taxa. Catalogus Coleopterorum Hucusque Descriptorum Synonymicus et Systematicus. Tom. VII. Tenebrionidae, Nilionidae, Pythidae, Melandryidae, Lagriidae, Pedilidae, Anthicidae, Pyrochroidae, Mordellidae, Rhipidophoridae, Cantharidae, Oedemeridae 1801-2179

Parent taxon: Ripiphoridae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022

See also Batelka and Prokop 2021, Bouchard et al. 2011, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Perrichot et al. 2004

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

Subtaxa: Macrosiagonini Ripiphorini

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Type: Ripiphorus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Eocene of France (1), United States (1: Colorado)

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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