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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 rex
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ripiphorid on baileya flower - Ripiphorus rex - male
Copyright © 2010 greg corman

ripiphorid on baileya flower - Ripiphorus rex - Male
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 18, 2010

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ripiphorid on baileya flower - Ripiphorus rex - male ripiphorid on baileya flower - Ripiphorus rex - male ripiphorid on baileya flower - Ripiphorus rex - male
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Contributed by greg corman on 18 April, 2010 - 2:41pm
Last updated 10 May, 2012 - 11:38am

i can clearly see the mesotibial serrations on full-size images
Moved from Ripiphorus.
… v belov, 10 May, 2012 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
A 2nd to mesotibial serrations...and coxal projections
One can also clearly see the golden-hairy, conical coxal projections characteristic of R. rex...just in ventrally from the forelegs in the 2nd image (and also silouetted in the third image).

Nice shots...and fortuitous angles.
… Aaron Schusteff, 23 January, 2013 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

♂ Ripiphorus -- excellent shots!
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 18 April, 2010 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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