Rhipiceridae
| Rhipiceridae | |
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| Rhipicera carinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Dascilloidea |
| Family: | Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834 |
Rhipiceridae is a family of cedar beetles, also known as cicada parasite beetles, in the order Coleoptera.[1] Rhipiceridae and Dascillidae form the super family Dascilloidea.[1]
Taxonomic History[]
The taxonomic history of Rhipiceridae began with J. Fabricius who described Hispa mystacina in 1775,[1] which was later included in the new genus Rhipicera by Latreille (1817) who rightly noticed that the Fabrician species did not belong to Hispa and placed it in the tribe ‘Cebrionites’ along with Cebrio, Dascillus and Scirtes. Since then W. Kirby, J. O. Westwood and others described several new species of Rhipicera from Australia and South America.[1]
Subfamilies and Distribution[]
Rhipiceridae includes seven genera and about a hundred described species divided into two subfamilies, Rhipicerinae and Sandalinae. Sandalinae include most of the species and are known from North and South America, Africa, south-eastern Europe and Asia, while much less numerous Rhipicerinae, from Chile, New Caledonia and Australia, is a monophyletic lineage supported by several unambiguous apomorphies, like antennae composed of more than 11 antennomeres, relatively well developed maxillary galea and incomplete lateral pronotal carina.[1]
Genera[]
:
- Guérin-Méneville, 1843
- Philippi, 1871
- Dalman, 1819
- Rhipicera Latreille, 1817
:
- Schaum, 1862
- Latreille, 1834
- Sandalus Knoch, 1801
Gallery[]
Rhipicera carinata
Rhipicera mystacina
Rhipicera carinata - Western Australia
Rhipicera carinata - Western Australia
Rhipicera carinata
Rhipicera carinata - antennae
References[]
- ^ a b c d e ZHENYU JIN; HERMES E. ESCALONA; ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI; HONG PANG (June 2013). "PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION OF RHIPICERINAE (COLEOPTERA: RHIPICERIDAE) WITH A REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN TAXA". Annales Zoologici. 63 (2): 275–317. doi:10.3161/000345413X669577. ISSN 0003-4541. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
Further reading[]
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
External links[]
Media related to Rhipiceridae at Wikimedia Commons
- Elateriformia
- Beetle families
- Polyphaga families
- Polyphaga stubs