Ripiphorus fasciatus explained

Ripiphorus fasciatus is a species of wedge-shaped beetle with parasitoid larvae.[1] [2] R. fasciatus likely parasitizes Halictid bees; all Ripiphorus parasitize ground-nesting bees.[3] [4]

Description

R. fasciatus has clear hindwings, plumose antenna, and superficially resembles a bee or fly.

Range

This species has been documented in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: It's a Beetle! Really! (Family Ripiphoridae) . Field Station . 28 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Ripiphorus fasciatus . iNaturalist . 2022-08-16 . en.
  3. Web site: Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). e Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida.
  4. Majka . Christopher G. . Cline . Andrew R. . New Records of Corylophidae (Coleoptera) from the Maritime Provinces of Canada . The Coleopterists Bulletin . June 2006 . 60 . 2 . 105–111 . 10.1649/864.1. 196608282 .

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