Rhipsideigma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Archostemata
Superfamilia: Cupedoidea

Familia: Cupedidae
Genus: Rhipsideigma
Species (5): R. adjuncta – R. anosibense – R. cretaceotinctus – R. lugubris – R. raffrayi
Name

Rhipsideigma Neboiss, 1984
Type species: Cupes cretaceotinctus Kolbe, 1897
Fixation: original designation

Rhipsideigma raffrayi

References
Primary references

Neboiss, A. 1984: Reclassification of Cupes Fabricius (s.lat.), with descriptions of new genera and species (Cupedidae: Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 9: 443–477. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00520.x Reference page.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Rhipsideigma is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. It contains five species, four of which ( R. lugubris (Fairmaire, 1895), R. raffrayi (Fairmaire, 1884), R. adjuncta Neboiss, 1984 and R. anosibense Neboiss, 1989) are endemic to Madagascar, the other (R. cretaceotincta (Kolbe, 1897)) being endemic to the northern coast of Tanzania. They vary in length from 13 mm to 20 mm, and are up to 6 mm wide.[1]
References

"Rhipsideigma". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2021-11-07.