Ripiphorus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Ripiphoridae
Genus: Ripiphorus
Species:
R. fasciatus
Binomial name
Ripiphorus fasciatus
Say, 1823

Ripiphorus fasciatus is a species of wedge-shaped beetle with parasitoid larvae.[1][2][3] R. fasciatus likely parasitizes Halictid bees; all Ripiphorus parasitize ground-nesting bees.[4][5]

Description

R. fasciatus has clear hindwings, plumose antenna, and superficially resembles a bee or fly.

Range

This species has been documented in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.[2][5][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ripiphorus fasciatus (Say, 1823)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "It's a Beetle! Really! (Family Ripiphoridae)". Field Station. 28 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ripiphorus fasciatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  4. 1 2 "Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)" (PDF). e Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida.
  5. 1 2 Majka, Christopher G.; Cline, Andrew R. (June 2006). "New Records of Corylophidae (Coleoptera) from the Maritime Provinces of Canada". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 60 (2): 105–111. doi:10.1649/864.1.


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