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Ripiphoridae (wedge shaped beetle)
Taxonomy
Rhipidophoridae was named by Gemminger (1870). It is extant.
It was corrected as Rhipiphoridae by Crowson (1981) and Lawrence and Newton (1995); it was corrected as Ripiphoridae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2016), Hsiao and Huang (2017), Batelka et al. (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2016), Hsiao and Huang (2017), Batelka et al. (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Rhipiphoridae by Crowson (1981) and Lawrence and Newton (1995); it was corrected as Ripiphoridae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2016), Hsiao and Huang (2017), Batelka et al. (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2016), Hsiao and Huang (2017), Batelka et al. (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1981 | Rhipiphoridae Crowson p. 697 |
| 1995 | Rhipiphoridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 786 |
| 2011 | Ripiphoridae Bouchard et al. |
| 2016 | Ripiphoridae Batelka et al. p. 71 |
| 2017 | Ripiphoridae Hsiao and Huang p. 30 |
| 2018 | Ripiphoridae Batelka et al. p. 297 |
| 2022 | Ripiphoridae Cai et al. |
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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. Ripidiinae Gerstaecker 1855
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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
†Pauroripidius pyrrholophus Dalman 1826
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
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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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]
Invalid names: Hemirhipidiinae Heller 1921 [empty], Ptilophorinae Gerstaecker 1855 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
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 |
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| Late/Upper Albian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Paleoripiphorus deploegi (99114) | |
| Cenomanian | France (Alpes-de-Haute- Provence) | Macrosiagon ebboi (123441) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Amberocula muelleri, Amberocula costata, Amberocula fallax, Plesiotoma alissae, Burmitoma nalae (184841) Melanosiagon serraticornis, Ripidinelia sp., Ripidinelia burmiticola (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 Santonian | Russian Federation | Strepsiptera indet. (35056) | |
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Macrosiagon deuvei (123850) | |
| Lutetian | Russian Federation | Ripidius sp. (107340) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Ripidius primordialis (123769) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Clinops svachai (207812) Olemehlia krali (120814) Pauroripidius groehni (110735) Pelecotominae indet. (124205) Rhipidius primordialis (123221 123962) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Ripidius primordialis (109625) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Rhipiphorus geikiei (106384) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Myodites meyeri (123945) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Quasipirhidius luzziae (123708) Quasipirhidius luzziae, Neorrhipidius seicherti (122474) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Ripidius megalophus, Ripidius pyrrholophus (152160) |