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Ripiphorus fasciatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Ripiphoridae
Genus:	Ripiphorus
Species:	R. fasciatus
Binomial name
Ripiphorus fasciatus Say, 1823

Ripiphorus fasciatus is a species of wedge-shaped beetle with parasitoid larvae. R. fasciatus likely parasitizes Halictid bees; all Ripiphorus parasitize ground-nesting bees.

Description

R. fasciatus has clear hindwings, plumose antenna, and superficially resembles a bee or fly.

Range

This species has been documented in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.

References

1. "Ripiphorus fasciatus (Say, 1823)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
2. ^ "It's a Beetle! Really! (Family Ripiphoridae)". Field Station. 28 July 2015.
3. "Ripiphorus fasciatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
4. ^ "Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)" (PDF). e Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida.
5. ^ 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.

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• Ripiphoridae
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• Taxa named by Thomas Say
• Beetles described in 1823
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