| Rhipicera | |
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| Rhipicera carinata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Rhipiceridae |
| Genus: | Rhipicera Latreille, 1817 |
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Rhipicera is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae.[1][2] The larvae are parasitoids of cicadas.
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
Rhipicera mystacina
Rhipicera carinata - male antennae
Rhipicera carinata - Female
Rhipicera carinata - Male
Rhipicera carinata
Rhipicera femorata
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
- 1 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
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