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Ripidiinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Ripidius megalophus Dalman p. 398 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4
1855Ripidiinae Gerstaecker p. 14
2011Ripidiinae Bouchard et al. p. 391
2016Ripidiinae Batelka et al. p. 73
2018Ripidiinae Batelka et al. p. 297
2018Ripidiinae Cai et al. p. 352
2019Ripidiinae Alekseev p. 289
2019Ripidiinae Batelka and Prokop p. 634
2022Ripidiinae Cai et al.
2023Ripidiinae Batelka and Prokop p. 314
2024Ripidiinae Li and Cai p. 100
2025Ripidiinae Batelka et al. p. 3
2025Ripidiinae Li et al. p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyRipiphoridae()
subfamilyRipidiinae
subfamilyRipidiinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Ripidiinae Gerstaecker 1855
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Tr. Eorhipidiini Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1986
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G. †Eodrias Batelka and Prokop 2023
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†Eodrias mandibularis Batelka and Prokop 2023
G. †Olemehliella Batelka 2017
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†Olemehliella krali Batelka 2011
Invalid names: Olemehlia Batelka 2011 [replaced]
G. †Pauroripidius Kaupp and Nagel 2001
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†Pauroripidius groehni Kaupp and Nagel 2001
Tr. Ripidiini Gerstaecker 1855
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G. †Amberocula Batelka et al. 2018
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†Amberocula costata Batelka et al. 2018
†Amberocula fallax Batelka et al. 2018
†Amberocula muelleri Batelka et al. 2018
G. †Cratovorus Batelka et al. 2025
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†Cratovorus archaicus Batelka et al. 2025
G. †Cretaceoripidius Falin and Engel 2010
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†Cretaceoripidius burmiticus Cockerell 1917
G. †Derinilipia Li et al. 2025
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†Derinilipia alekseevi Li et al. 2025
G. Neorrhipidius Viana 1958
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†Neorrhipidius seicherti Batelka et al. 2011
G. †Paleoripiphorus Perrichot et al. 2004
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†Paleoripiphorus deploegi Perrichot et al. 2004
G. †Protoripidius Cai et al. 2018
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†Protoripidius burmiticus Cai et al. 2018
G. Quasipirhidius Zaragoza Caballero 1991
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†Quasipirhidius luzziae Batelka et al. 2011
G. †Ripidinelia Batelka and Prokop 2019
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†Ripidinelia burmiticola Batelka and Prokop 2019
†Ripidinelia daiboyui Li and Cai 2024
G. Ripidius Thunberg 1806
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†Ripidius primordialis Stein 1877
G. †Ripilarva Batelka and Beutel 2024
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†Ripilarva kachinensis Batelka and Beutel 2024
†Ripilarva parabolica Batelka and Beutel 2024
Invalid names: Ripidius megalophus Dalman 1826 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 119.57000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cratovorus archaicus (125511)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Paleoripiphorus deploegi (99114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Amberocula muelleri, Amberocula costata, Amberocula fallax (184841) Myodites burmiticus (123020) Paleoripiphorus deploegi (111688) Paleoripiphorus deploegi, Amberocula muelleri, Amberocula fallax (184692) Protoripidius burmiticus, Ripidinelia daiboyui, Derinilipia alekseevi (161726) Ripidiinae indet. (123053) Ripidiinae indet., Ripiphoridae indet. (178121) Ripidinelia sp., Ripidinelia burmiticola, Eodrias mandibularis (223712) Ripilarva kachinensis (234239)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation Strepsiptera indet. (35056)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Strepsiptera tringulin A (122383)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation Ripidius sp. (107340)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Olemehlia krali (120814) Pauroripidius groehni (110735) Rhipidius primordialis (123221 123962)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany Ripidius primordialis (123769)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Ripidius primordialis (109625)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Quasipirhidius luzziae (123708) Quasipirhidius luzziae, Neorrhipidius seicherti (122474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Ripidius megalophus, Ripidius pyrrholophus (152160)