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Ripiphoridae
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thumb|right|upright|Ripiphorid Planidium|triungulin on a braconid wasp wing Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae. Members of the family differ in their choice of hosts, but most attack various species of bees or wasps, while some others attack cockroaches or beetles. Many species of Ripiphoridae have abbreviated elytra, and flabellat
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyRipiphoridae
Ripiphorus fasciatus-complex, hembra Los ripifóridos, Ripiphoridae (anteriormente llamada Rhipiphoridae), son una familia de coleópteros polífagos que comprende unas 450 especies en alrededor de 40 géneros de distribución mundial. Se trata de una de las familias de escarabajos más inusual, ya que son parasitoides, principalmente de himenópteros, escarabajos de la madera y cucarachas. Tienen a menudo élitros reducidos; las antenas suelen ser ramificadas, especialmente en los machos.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 222
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Ripiphoridae
- Collections
- ASU, LCDI, BYU, UMNH, DCH, INHS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Argentina, Australia, Peru
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Extinct genera
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thumb|right|upright|Ripiphorid Planidium|triungulin on a braconid wasp wing Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae. Members of the family differ in their choice of hosts, but most attack various species of bees or wasps, while some others attack cockroaches or beetles. Many species of Ripiphoridae have abbreviated elytra, and flabellate or pectinate antennae.
== Biology == The subfamily Ripiphorinae parasitise bees and wasps (Hymenoptera), while Ripidiinae parasitises cockroaches (Blattodea) and Pelecotominae parasitises larvae of wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ripiphoridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.