Ripidius Thunberg 1806 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Alternative spelling: Rhipidius
Full reference: C. P. Thunberg. 1806. Tvänne nya insect-slägten, Ptyocerus och Ripidius. Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens nya Handlingar 27:1-6
Parent taxon: Ripidiini according to V. I. Alekseev 2019
See also Alekseev 2013, Bouchard et al. 2011 and Stein 1877
Sister taxa: Amberocula, Cretaceoripidius, Neorrhipidius, Paleoripiphorus, Protoripidius, Quasipirhidius, Ripidinelia
Subtaxa: Ripidius primordialis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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