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First records of Ptilophorus wrightii (LeConte 1868) (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ptilophorinae) in Colorado and Oklahoma...

By MacRae T.C., Heinold B.D.
Pan-Pacific Entomologist 90: 47-52, 2014

Full title: First records of Ptilophorus wrightii (LeConte 1868) (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ptilophorinae) in Colorado and Oklahoma, with observations of female behavior 📥︎

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Contributed by v belov on 1 May, 2014 - 3:15pm

Notes on the generic assignment of Ptilophorus wrightii (LeConte 1868) (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), with a diagnosis of the genus

By Falin Z.H.
Pan-Pac. entomol. 90: 44‒46, 2014

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Contributed by v belov on 16 September, 2024 - 3:07pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Wedge-shaped Beetles (Ripiphoridae)

Revision of the Rhipiphoridae of North and Central America

By Ezekiel Rivnay
American Entomological Society, 1929

Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, No. 6

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 12 May, 2012 - 9:53am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Wedge-shaped Beetles (Ripiphoridae)

A review of the genus Macrosiagon in Mexico, with notes on Rhipiphorus (Coleoptera, Rhipiphoridae)

By Patricia Vaurie
American Museum of Natural History, 1955

American Museum Novitates, No. 1717

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 12 May, 2012 - 9:44am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Wedge-shaped Beetles (Ripiphoridae)

The Rhipiphoridae of California (Coleptera)

By Linsley E.G., MacSwain J.W.
Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 1: 79-88, 1951

Key and species profiles of 19 spp. in 2 genera.
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Contributed by v belov on 23 December, 2009 - 6:56pm

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Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina

By Janet C. Ciegler
Clemson University, 2014

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This study of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea continues efforts to document the biodiversity of South Carolina. Twenty tenebrionoid families (excluding Ciidae and Scraptiidae) are covered: Aderidae, Anthicidae, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Ischaliidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Oedemeridae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, and Zopheridae.

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Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 December, 2014 - 8:23pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae

By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 179: 243-256, 2012

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Contributed by v belov on 28 January, 2013 - 5:41pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae

By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I., Bouchard P., Bousquet Y.
Zookeys 179: 257-277, 2012

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