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

Family Ripiphoridae - Wedge-shaped Beetles

Pirhidius · Ptilophorus · Pelecotominae · Ripiphorinae

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

Genus Ptilophorus
Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Beetle ~9mm - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Beetle ~9mm - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ptilophorus wrightii (~8mm) mating behaviors - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ptilophorus wrightii (~8mm) mating behaviors - Ptilophorus wrightii - female Ptilophorus wrightii from Peppersauce Canyon - Ptilophorus wrightii - male

Subfamily Pelecotominae
Wedge-shaped Beetle - Pelecotoma flavipes - male Trigonodera schaefferi Rivnay - Trigonodera schaefferi - female Trigonodera schaefferi Rivnay - Trigonodera schaefferi - female Skinny tenebrionoid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - male Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female

Subfamily Ripiphorinae
ID help please - Macrosiagon limbata A DEVIL of a bug - Macrosiagon octomaculata - female Macrosaigon cruentum cruentum (Germar) - Macrosiagon cruenta - female small black and orange insect - Macrosiagon limbata Thought it was a bee or wasp...with bizarre antennae! - Ripiphorus rex - female Planidium larva on Sarcophaga - Macrosiagon Wedge-shaped beetle - Macrosiagon cruenta Long-necked mint eater - Macrosiagon limbata


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