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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Wedge-shaped Beetles (Ripiphoridae) » Ripiphorinae » Ripiphorus » Ripiphorus diadasiae
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Flabellate antennae - Ripiphorus diadasiae - male
Copyright © 2007 Noah Elhardt

Flabellate antennae - Ripiphorus diadasiae - Male
Palo Comado Canyon, north of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 25, 2007
Size: 11 mm
Unlike anything I've ever seen before. The photos aren't the best, but the best I could do with this VERY active insect. Caught with an aerial net near some swarming ground bees.

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Contributed by Noah Elhardt on 25 April, 2007 - 12:21pm
Last updated 7 June, 2023 - 11:04pm

Same photo...
...as is seen in Wikipedia.
Interesting...
… Jonas Insinga, 24 June, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
yup...
I uploaded it there as well once I had an ID. :)
… Noah Elhardt, 24 June, 2008 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool!
If only I could figure out how to edit wikipedia, I'm sure I could do the same (code & software are not my strong points at all.)
… Jonas Insinga, 5 July, 2008 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Rhipiphoridae: Rhipiphorus...
Rhipiphoridae: Rhipiphorus... nice find... parasitic on hymenopterans
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 25 April, 2007 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID! I found a 1951 paper on the Rhipophoridae of California, in which this species keys out to Rhipophorus diadasiae. The paper also notes that this species parasitizes the bee Diadasia bituberculata. I've uploaded three images of the bee colony near which I caught this beetle here, which might help confirm the ID.
… Noah Elhardt, 25 April, 2007 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Look at this one?
Can you use your reference on this one, also from California, which looks similar:
… Cotinis, 10 June, 2007 - 5:01am login or register to post comments

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