''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 p ...
. 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 formal author, t ...
, 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'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon cruenta'' (Germar, 1824)
* '' Macrosiagon cucullata'' (W.J. Macleay, 1887)
* '' Macrosiagon cyanivestis'' Marseul, 1876
* ''† Macrosiagon deuvei'' 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
''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 th ...
'' (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'' (Thunberg, 1784)
* '' Macrosiagon nigroapicalis'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon novaehollandiae'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* '' Macrosiagon oberthurii'' (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'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* '' Macrosiagon rufofasciata'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon sayi'' (LeConte, 1858)
* '' Macrosiagon semipunctata'' (Lea, 1904)
* '' Macrosiagon setipennis'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon sobrina'' (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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