Biology:Rhipsideigma
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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| Rhipsideigma raffrayi | |
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| Genus: | Rhipsideigma Neboiss, 1984
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Rhipsideigma is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. 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.[1]
In a recent phylogenetic analysis, Rhipsideigma was found to form a monophyletic group with Cupes capitatus and Tenomerga leucophaea.[2] Because of this, some researchers have proposed synonymizing Rhipsideigma with Cupes.[3]
References
- ↑ "Rhipsideigma". http://tolweb.org/Rhipsideigma/9029.
- ↑ Hörnschemeyer, T. (2009). "The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles-where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong?". Systematic Entomology 34 (3): 533–558. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x.
- ↑ Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M.; López-Pérez, S. (2019). "A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world". Zootaxa 4567 (1): 147–160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.8.
Wikidata ☰ Q7320713 entry
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