Rhipiceridae

Sandalus niger (♂ & ♀)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dascilloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Dascilloidea

Familia: Rhipiceridae
Arrhaphipterus – Chamoerrhipes – Oligorhipis – Polymerius – Polytomus – Rhipicera – Sandalus

Name

Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834

Synonymy

• Rhipidoceridae Lacordaire, 1857
• Sandalidae Craighead, 1921

References

• Jin, Z. et al. 2013: Phylogeny and classification of Rhipicerinae (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) with a review of the Australian taxa. Annales zoologici 63(2): 275–317. DOI: 10.3161/000345413X669577 Reference page. 
• Katovich, K. 2002: Rhipiceridae Latreille 1834. Pp. 92-94 in: Arnett, R.H., Thomas, M.C., Skelley, P.E., & Frank, J.H. (eds.): American beetles. Vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. Google Books
• Lawrence, J.F. 2005: 16.2. Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834. Pp. 456-460 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
• Lee, C.-f.; Satô, M.; Sakai, M. 2005: The Rhipiceridae of Taiwan and Japan (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dascilloidea). Zoological studies, 44(4): 437–444. PDF
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
  ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.325

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Rhipiceridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2005. Rhipiceridae. Cedar beetles, Cicada parasite beetles. Version 01 January 2005 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of the family Rhipiceridae of Russia

Vernacular names

English: cedar beetles, cicada parasite beetles
русский: Веероусы
Tiếng Việt: bọ cánh cứng tuyết tùng

For more multimedia, look at Rhipiceridae on Wikimedia Commons.