Rhipiceridae

Rhipiceridae is a family of cedar beetles, also known as cicada parasite beetles, in the order Coleoptera.

Rhipiceridae
Rhipicera sp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Dascilloidea
Family: Rhipiceridae
Latreille, 1834
Sandalus niger

Genera

  • Arrhaphipterus Schaum, 1862
  • Chamoerhipis Latreille, 1834
  • Oligorhipis Guérin-Méneville, 1843
  • Ptiocerus Laporte, 1834
  • Polymerius Philippi, 1871
  • Polytomus Dalman, 1819
  • Rhipicera Latreille, 1817
  • Sandalus Knoch, 1801

References

    Further reading

    • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
    • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
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