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]
| Ripiphorus fasciatus | |
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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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Description edit
R. fasciatus has clear hindwings, plumose antenna, and superficially resembles a bee or fly.[citation needed]
Range edit
This species has been documented in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.[2][5][4]
References edit
- ^ "Ripiphorus fasciatus (Say, 1823)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ a b "It's a Beetle! Really! (Family Ripiphoridae)". Field Station. 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Ripiphorus fasciatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
- ^ a b "Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)" (PDF). e Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida.
- ^ a b 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. S2CID 196608282.