''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of
wedge-shaped beetles in the family
Ripiphoridae
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 par ...
. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''.
[ Under the rules of the ]ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the Int ...
, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on the Greek word "siagon" (σῐᾱγών), for "jaw", which is feminine in gender
, despite recent publications erroneously treating the gender as neuter (e.g. [Batelka, J. (2003) New synonyms and notes on the distribution of ''Macrosiagon bipartitum'' and ''Macrosiagon cyaniveste'' (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 67: 59–63.])
Selected species
* '' Macrosiagon acutipennis'' Pierce, 1904
* '' Macrosiagon bifasciata'' (Marseul, 1877)
* '' Macrosiagon bifoveata'' Horn, 1875
* '' Macrosiagon bimaculata'' (Fabricius, 1787)
* '' Macrosiagon bipunctata'' (Fabricius, 1801)
* '' Macrosiagon capito'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* '' Macrosiagon championi'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* ''Macrosiagon crassipes
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon cruenta'' (Germar, 1824)
* '' Macrosiagon cucullata'' (W.J. Macleay, 1887)
* '' Macrosiagon cyanivestis'' Marseul, 1876
* ''†Macrosiagon deuvei
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' Batelka, Collomb & Nel, 2006
* '' Macrosiagon difficilis'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* '' Macrosiagon dimidiata'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* '' Macrosiagon diversiceps'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* '' Macrosiagon elegans'' Marseul, 1876
* '' Macrosiagon ebboi'' Perrichot, Nel & Néraudeau, 2004
* '' Macrosiagon fernalda'' Rivnay, 1929
* '' Macrosiagon ferruginea'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* '' Macrosiagon flavipennis'' (LeConte, 1866)
* '' Macrosiagon fortieri'' (Chobaut, 1893)
* '' Macrosiagon grombczewskii'' (Semenov, 1891)
* '' Macrosiagon interioris'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* '' Macrosiagon laeviceps'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon limbata'' (Fabricius, 1792)
* '' Macrosiagon macleayi'' Csiki, 1913
* '' Macrosiagon maculicollis'' (Boheman, 1858)
* '' Macrosiagon medvedevi'' Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973
* '' Macrosiagon meridionalis'' (Costa, 1859)
* ''Macrosiagon nasuta
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Thunberg, 1784)
* ''Macrosiagon nigroapicalis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Lea, 1917)
* ''Macrosiagon novaehollandiae
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* ''Macrosiagon oberthurii
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Fairmaire, 1879)
* '' Macrosiagon octomaculata'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* '' Macrosiagon pallidipennis'' (Reitter, 1898)
* '' Macrosiagon pectinata'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* '' Macrosiagon pictipennis'' (Lea, 1904)
* '' Macrosiagon praeusta'' (Gebler, 1830)
* '' Macrosiagon punctata'' (Fabricius, 1787)
* '' Macrosiagon punctulaticeps'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* ''Macrosiagon pusilla
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* '' Macrosiagon rufofasciata'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon sayi'' (LeConte, 1858)
* ''Macrosiagon semipunctata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Lea, 1904)
* ''Macrosiagon setipennis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Lea, 1917)
* ''Macrosiagon sobrina
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on t ...
'' (Waterhouse, 1883)
* '' Macrosiagon spinicollis'' (Fairmaire, 1893)
* '' Macrosiagon terminata'' (Laporte, 1840)
* '' Macrosiagon tricolor'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* '' Macrosiagon tricuspidata'' (Lepechin, 1774)
* '' Macrosiagon vittata'' (Erichson, 1847)
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