Ripidiinae

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: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Ripiphoridae
Subfamilia: Ripidiinae
Tribus (2): Eorhipidiini - Ripidiini
Overview of genera (17 + 4†)

Blattivorus – Falsorhipidius – Neonephrites – Neorhipidius – Neorrhipidius – Paranephrites – Pararhipidius – Pirhidius – Pseudorhipidius – Pterydrias – Quasipirhidius – Quasirhipidius – Rhipidioides – Rhipidocyrtus – Ripidius – Riekella – ?Aporrhipis – †Cretaceoripidius – †Olemehlia – †Paleoripiphorus – †Pauroripidius
Name

Ripidiinae
Rhipidiinae

References

Batelka, J. 2007: Ripiphoridae (Coleoptera) of Greece and Turkey, with notes on their distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean and some neighbouring countries. Acta Musei Moraviae, scientiae biologicae, 92: 155–175. Abstract
Batelka, J. 2009: Confirmation of the synonymy of Rhyzostylops with Blattivorus and the description of the male of Blattivorus inquirendus (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 247–251. PDF Reference page.
Batelka, J., Collomb, F.-M. & Nel, A. 2006. Macrosiagon deuvei n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) from the French Eocene amber. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 42(1): 75–78. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697451 Open access. Reference page.
Batelka, J. & Hájek, J. 2009. A taxonomic review of the genus Eorhipidius (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae), with descriptions of three new species from Asia. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(2): 769–782. PDF Reference page.
Falin, Z.H. & Engel, M.S. 2010. Notes on Cretaceous Ripidiini and revised diagnoses of the Ripidiinae, Ripidiini, and Eorhipidiini (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Alavesia 3: 35–42. Reference page.
Kaupp, A.; Falin, Z.; Nagel, P. 2001: An annotated catalogue of fossil Ripiphoridae, taxonomic notes, and the description of a new genus and species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg, 85: 165–195. PDF
Riek, E.F. 1955: The Australian rhipidiine parasites of cockroaches (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae). Australian journal of zoology, 3: 71–94. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9550071
Selander, R.B. 1957: The systematic position of the genus Nephrites and the phylogenetic relationships of the higher groups of Rhipiphoridae (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 50: 88–103.
Zaragoza Caballero, S. 1992: Nuevos Rhipidiinae de Mexico (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia, 62(3): 481–495.