Biology:Ripiphorus fasciatus
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Short description: Species of wedge-shaped beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Ripiphoridae |
| Genus: | Ripiphorus |
| Species: | R. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ripiphorus fasciatus Say, 1823
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Ripiphorus fasciatus is a species of wedge-shaped beetle with parasitoid larvae.[1][2][3] R. fasciatus likely parasitizes Halictid bees; all Ripiphorus parasitize ground-nesting bees.[4][5]
Description
R. fasciatus has clear hindwings, plumose antenna, and superficially resembles a bee or fly.[citation needed]
Range
This species has been documented in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.[2][5][4]
References
- ↑ "Ripiphorus fasciatus (Say, 1823)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1014405.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "It's a Beetle! Really! (Family Ripiphoridae)". 28 July 2015. https://uwm.edu/field-station/its-a-beetle-really/.
- ↑ "Ripiphorus fasciatus" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/453732-Ripiphorus-fasciatus.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)". e Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN106900.pdf.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Majka, Christopher G.; Cline, Andrew R. (June 2006). "New Records of Corylophidae (Coleoptera) from the Maritime Provinces of Canada". The Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (2): 105–111. doi:10.1649/864.1.
Wikidata ☰ Q113536763 entry
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