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Wedge-shaped Beetles
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Wedge-shaped Beetles

Ripiphoridae

The Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) are a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles. Informally they are known by the common name "wedge-shaped beetles". The Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae. Members of the family differ in their choice of hosts, but most attack various species of bees or wasps, while some others attack cockroaches.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Ripiphorinae

subfamilyRipiphorinae

Ptilophorinae

subfamilyPtilophorinae

Ripidiinae

subfamilyRipidiinae

Pelecotominae

subfamilyPelecotominae

Hemirhipidiinae

subfamilyHemirhipidiinae

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