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Family Ripiphoridae - Wedge-shaped Beetles

Pirhidius · Pelecotominae · Ripiphorinae · Ptilophorinae

Genus Pirhidius
Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male

Subfamily Pelecotominae
Wedge-shaped Beetle - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Wedge-shaped Beetle - Pelecotoma flavipes - male Wedge-shaped Beetle - Pelecotoma flavipes - male Skinny tenebrionoid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - male ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - male Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Small Beetle - Pelecotoma flavipes - female

Subfamily Ripiphorinae
Small black & orange beetle - Macrosiagon limbata Wedge-shaped beetle - Macrosiagon limbata - male Macrosiagon limbata - female So far I feel sure it's a beetle on mountain mint... - Macrosiagon limbata Triungulin, lateral Ripiphorus - Ripiphorus rex Macrosiagon - female They Do Love Their Mountain Mint! - Macrosiagon limbata - male

Subfamily Ptilophorinae
Rhipiphoridae? - Ptilophorus wrightii Rhipiphoridae? - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Trigonodera schaefferi Rivnay - Pelecotoides schaefferi - male Trigonodera schaefferi Rivnay - Pelecotoides schaefferi - female Trigonodera schaefferi Rivnay - Pelecotoides schaefferi - female Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ptilophorus wrightii (~8mm) mating behaviors - Ptilophorus wrightii - female


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