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Wedge-shaped Beetle - Ripiphorus fasciatus - male
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Wedge-shaped Beetle - Ripiphorus fasciatus - Male
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 2, 2011
Size: 5.2mm

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Wedge-shaped Beetle - Ripiphorus fasciatus - male Wedge-shaped Beetle - Ripiphorus fasciatus - male
Contributed by tom murray on 2 September, 2011 - 10:25pm
Last updated 26 May, 2025 - 6:35pm

Moved
Moved from Ripiphorus walshi.
… Elliott Gordon, 26 May, 2025 - 6:35pm

cool. we have very few eastern ones ID'd
Moved from Ripiphorus.
… v belov, 10 October, 2011 - 1:59pm

Ripiphorus walshi
seems the best fit.
… Donald S. Chandler, 10 October, 2011 - 1:54pm

 
Fortunately
The type of R. walshi is intact and does not match this beetle. https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/specimen_images/entomology/large/MCZ-ENT00005155_Myodites_walshii_had.jpg I believe this is likely R. fasciatus with the dark antennae, banded elytra, and prominent vertex.
… Elliott Gordon, 26 May, 2025 - 6:35pm

What a beauty!
What a beauty!
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2011 - 11:10am

keep
for me. Thanks.
… Donald S. Chandler, 3 September, 2011 - 7:33am

 
It's saved for you
Can these be identified to species?
… tom murray, 3 September, 2011 - 8:14am

 
In
theory, yes. If you have tried the key, a feeling of uncertainty develops.
… Donald S. Chandler, 4 September, 2011 - 7:40pm

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