Subfamily Ripiphorinae Laporte 1840 (wedge shaped beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

Full reference: F. L. Laporte. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères; avec une Introduction Renfermant l’Anatomie et la Physiologie des Animaux Articulés, par M. Brullé. Tome Deuxième 1-563

Parent taxon: Ripiphoridae according to J. Batelka et al. 2025

See also Batelka and Prokop 2021, Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, 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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