Rhipicera

Rhipicera is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae.^[1][2] The larvae are parasitoids of cicadas.

Rhipicera
Rhipicera carinata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Rhipiceridae
Genus:	Rhipicera Latreille, 1817
Synonyms
Polytomus Dalman, 1819 Polystomus Berthold, 1827 (Missp.) Agathorhipis Guérin-Méneville, 1843 Rhipidocera Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.) Rhipidicera Gistl, 1848 (Missp.)

Species

All five species of the genus Rhipicera are closely related based on their morphological characters.^[2]

• Rhipicera attenuata Westwood 1843; Western Australia^[1]
• Rhipicera carinata Jin et al., 2013; Western Australia^[1]
• Rhipicera femorata Kirby 1818; Eastern coast from southern Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania^[1]
• Rhipicera mystacina (Fabricius, 1775); Queensland^[1]
• Rhipicera reichei Guerin-Meneville, 1843; Queensland^[1]

Gallery

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  Rhipicera mystacina
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  Rhipicera carinata - male antennae
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  Rhipicera carinata - Female
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  Rhipicera carinata - Male
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  Rhipicera carinata
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  Rhipicera femorata

References

1. Jin, Z.; Escalona, H.; Ślipiński, A.; Pang, H. (2013). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhipicerinae (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) with a review of the Australian taxa". Annales Zoologici. 63 (2): 275–317. doi:10.3161/000345413X669577. ISSN 0003-4541. S2CID 85125599.
2. Ramsey, A.; Houston, T.; Ball, A.; Goral, T.; Barclay, M.; Cox, J. (2015). "Towards an understanding of molecule capture by the antennae of male beetles belonging to the genus Rhipicera (Coleoptera, Rhipiceridae)". The Anatomical Record. 298 (9): 1519–1534. doi:10.1002/ar.23188. PMID 26082323. S2CID 18493075.

External links

• Media related to Rhipicera at Wikimedia Commons