Ripiphorus fasciatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Ripiphoridae |
Genus: | Ripiphorus |
Species: | R. fasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Ripiphorus fasciatus
Say, 1823
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Ripiphorus fasciatus is a species of wedge-shaped beetle with parasitoid larvae. [1] [2] [3] R. fasciatus likely parasitizes Halictid bees; all Ripiphorus parasitize ground-nesting bees. [4] [5]
R. fasciatus has clear hindwings, plumose antenna, and superficially resembles a bee or fly.[ citation needed]
This species has been documented in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. [2] [5] [4]
Ripiphorus fasciatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Ripiphoridae |
Genus: | Ripiphorus |
Species: | R. fasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Ripiphorus fasciatus
Say, 1823
|
Ripiphorus fasciatus is a species of wedge-shaped beetle with parasitoid larvae. [1] [2] [3] R. fasciatus likely parasitizes Halictid bees; all Ripiphorus parasitize ground-nesting bees. [4] [5]
R. fasciatus has clear hindwings, plumose antenna, and superficially resembles a bee or fly.[ citation needed]
This species has been documented in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. [2] [5] [4]