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Ripiphoridae (wedge shaped beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Rhipiphoridae Crowson p. 697
1995Rhipiphoridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 786
2011Ripiphoridae Bouchard et al.
2016Ripiphoridae Batelka et al. p. 71
2017Ripiphoridae Hsiao and Huang p. 30
2018Ripiphoridae Batelka et al. p. 297
2022Ripiphoridae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyRipiphoridae()
familyRipiphoridae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Ripiphoridae Gemminger 1870 [wedge shaped beetle]
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Subfm. Pelecotominae Seidlitz 1875
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G. †Burmitoma Batelka et al. 2018
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Burmitoma nalae Batelka et al. 2018
G. Clinops Gerstaecker 1855
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Clinops svachai Batelka and Prokop 2019
G. †Flabellotoma Batelka et al. 2016
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Flabellotoma heidiae Batelka et al. 2016
G. †Plesiotoma Batelka et al. 2018
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Plesiotoma alissae Batelka et al. 2018
G. †Spinotoma Hsiao and Huang 2017
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Spinotoma ruicheni Hsiao and Huang 2017
Invalid names: Micholaeminae Viana 1971 [synonym]
Subfm. Ripidiinae Gerstaecker 1855
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Tr. Eorhipidiini Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1986
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G. †Eodrias Batelka and Prokop 2023
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Eodrias mandibularis Batelka and Prokop 2023
G. †Olemehliella Batelka 2017
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Olemehliella krali Batelka 2011
Invalid names: Olemehlia Batelka 2011 [replaced]
G. †Pauroripidius Kaupp and Nagel 2001
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Pauroripidius groehni Kaupp and Nagel 2001
Tr. Ripidiini Gerstaecker 1855
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G. †Amberocula Batelka et al. 2018
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Amberocula costata Batelka et al. 2018
Amberocula fallax Batelka et al. 2018
Amberocula muelleri Batelka et al. 2018
G. †Cretaceoripidius Falin and Engel 2010
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Cretaceoripidius burmiticus Cockerell 1917
G. Neorrhipidius Viana 1958
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Neorrhipidius seicherti Batelka et al. 2011
G. †Paleoripiphorus Perrichot et al. 2004
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Paleoripiphorus deploegi Perrichot et al. 2004
G. †Protoripidius Cai et al. 2018
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Protoripidius burmiticus Cai et al. 2018
G. Quasipirhidius Zaragoza Caballero 1991
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Quasipirhidius luzziae Batelka et al. 2011
G. †Ripidinelia Batelka and Prokop 2019
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Ripidinelia burmiticola Batelka and Prokop 2019
G. Ripidius Thunberg 1806
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Ripidius primordialis Stein 1877
Invalid names: Ripidius megalophus Dalman 1826 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. Ripiphorinae Gemminger 1870
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Tr. Macrosiagonini von Heyden 1908
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G. Macrosiagon Hentz 1830
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Macrosiagon deuvei Batelka et al. 2006
G. †Melanosiagon Batelka and Prokop 2021
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Melanosiagon serraticornis Batelka and Prokop 2021
G. Metoecus Dejean 1834
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Metoecus geikiei Scudder 1890
Tr. Ripiphorini Gemminger 1870
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G. Ripiphorus Bosc 1792
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Ripiphorus meyeri von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
Invalid names: Myodites Latreille 1829 [synonym]
G. †Salignacicola Batelka and Prokop 2021
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Salignacicola ebboi Perrichot et al. 2004
Invalid names: Hemirhipidiinae Heller 1921 [empty], Ptilophorinae Gerstaecker 1855 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Poitou-Charentes) Paleoripiphorus deploegi (99114)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Alpes-de-Haute- Provence) Macrosiagon ebboi (123441)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Amberocula muelleri, Amberocula costata, Amberocula fallax, Plesiotoma alissae, Burmitoma nalae (184841) Melanosiagon serraticornis, Ripidinelia sp., Ripidinelia burmiticola, Eodrias mandibularis (223712) Myodites burmiticus (123020) Paleoripiphorus deploegi, Amberocula muelleri, Amberocula fallax (184692) Paleoripiphorus deploegi, Flabellotoma heidiae, Ripiphoridae tringulin B (111688) Protoripidius burmiticus (161726) Ripidiinae indet. (123053) Ripidiinae indet., Ripiphoridae indet. (178121) Spinotoma ruicheni (178159)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Strepsiptera indet. (35056)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Macrosiagon deuvei (123850)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Ripidius sp. (107340)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Ripidius primordialis (123769)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Ripidius primordialis (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Clinops svachai (207812) Olemehlia krali (120814) Pauroripidius groehni (110735) Pelecotominae indet. (124205) Rhipidius primordialis (123221 123962)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Rhipiphorus geikiei (106384)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Myodites meyeri (123945)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Quasipirhidius luzziae (123708) Quasipirhidius luzziae, Neorrhipidius seicherti (122474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Ripidius megalophus, Ripidius pyrrholophus (152160)