Cicada-Parasite Beetles - Family: Rhipiceridae
Oligorhipis vestitus
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Feather-horned Beetle - Rhipicera femorata
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Rhipicera reichei
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
> Class: Insecta (Insects)
> Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
> Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
> Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, Rove< Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
> Infraorder: Elateriformia (Elateriform Beetles)
> Superfamily: Dascilloidea (Soft-bodied Plant-, and Cicada-parasite BeetleBeetles)
> Family: Rhipiceridae (Cicada-parasite Beetles)
> Genus: Oligorhipis
> Species: O. vestitus
> Genus: Rhipicera
> Species: R. femorata - Feather-horned Beetle
> Species: R. reichei
^ = possibly
* = likely
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