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''Rhipsideigma'' is a genus of beetles in the family
Cupedidae The Cupedidae are a small family of beetles, notable for the square pattern of "windows" on their elytra (hard forewings), which give the family their common name of reticulated beetles. The family consists of about 30 species in 9 genera, with ...
. It contains five species, four of which ( ''R. lugubris'' (Fairmaire, 1895), ''R. raffrayi'' (Fairmaire, 1884), ''R. adjuncta'' Neboiss, 1984 and ''R. anosibense'' Neboiss, 1989) are endemic to Madagascar, the other (''R. cretaceotincta'' (Kolbe, 1897)) being endemic to the northern coast of Tanzania. They vary in length from 13 mm to 20 mm, and are up to 6 mm wide.


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Archostemata genera Cupedidae {{Cupedidae-stub