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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 vierecki
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What is this - a beetle??? - Ripiphorus vierecki - female
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

What is this - a beetle??? - Ripiphorus vierecki - Female
Tucson Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 11, 2008
Size: 9mm
I fell for it - I thought it was a wasp. Found on the grounds of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. The only vagely similar thing seems to be Ripiphorus

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What is this - a beetle??? - Ripiphorus vierecki - female What is this - a beetle??? - Ripiphorus vierecki - female What is this - a beetle??? - Ripiphorus vierecki - female
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 12 July, 2008 - 7:39pm
Last updated 15 April, 2011 - 1:23pm

Moved
Moved from Ripiphorus rex.
… margarethe brummermann, 15 April, 2011 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ripiphorus.
… v belov, 16 February, 2011 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

yes it is -- look in Rhipiphoridae
look here
i admit, at first glance the 3rd pic did look like a chalcid wasp to me, too... and i've collected these before...
… v belov, 12 July, 2008 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting critters
Check my post and the one linked to it for info. (I thought it was a bee.)
… Ron Hemberger, 12 July, 2008 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
I did collect it
so maybe we will get it to the species this time
… margarethe brummermann, 12 July, 2008 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

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