''Ripidius'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s belonging to 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 ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Rhipidius longicollis''
Schilder, 1923
* ''
Rhipidius mexicanus''
Zaragoza-Caballero, 1983
References
Ripiphoridae
Tenebrionoidea genera
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