A New Genus and Two New Extant Species Closely Allied with the Fossil GenusPauroripidius(Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)

Two New Species ofPterydriasReitter (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), Significantly Expanding the Biogeographic Range of the Genus

“…Rather than being restricted to the south-central Palearctic region, Pterydrias exhibits a much broader distribution that also encompasses sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, a pattern mirrored in the Ripidiini by the putative sister taxa Pauroripidius Kaupp and Nagel (known from Baltic amber) and Neopauroripidius Falin and Engel (South Africa and Vietnam) (Kaupp et al 2001;Falin and Engel 2014b). Blattivorus Chobaut is somewhat similar, having described representatives in the Palearctic region and Madagascar (Batelka 2009) as well as currently undescribed representatives in eastern and southern Africa and Australia (unpublished data).…”

“…Photomicrographs were prepared with a Canon Eos 7D digital camera attached to an Infinity K-2 long-distance microscope lens. Notal morphological descriptors follow Falin and Engel (2014b).…”

Serendipity at the Smithsonian: The 107-year journey of Rhipidocyrtus muiri Falin & Engel, new genus and species (Ripidiinae, Ripidiini), from jungle beast to valid taxon

“…Notal morphological descriptors follow Falin and Engel (in press) and hind wing venation descriptors follow Falin (2003) . Other morphological terms used herein (e.g., post-ocular ommatidia) represent a consensus of use by recent authors.…”

“…All members whose biology is known are internal parasitoids of roaches as larvae ( Lawrence et al 2010 ), a lifestyle likely established at least 90 million years ago resulting in highly derived yet incredibly stable morphologies ( Falin and Engel 2010 ). While the higher level systematics of this lineage have been discussed recently, only a handful of extant species have been named in the last half century (see Falin and Engel in press , and references therein), leaving the true evolutionary breadth and depth of the clade poorly understood. This paper is another small step in the effort to make these rather rare and curious beetles known to science.…”

Morphology and biological notes of Macrosiagon octomaculata (Gerstaecker) triungulinid and a summary of the knowledge on immature stages of the genus (Ripiphoridae)

“…The Ripiphoridae Gemminger, 1870 is a small family of parasitoid beetles, divided into five subfamilies (Hemirhipidiinae, Pelecotominae, Ptilophorinae, Ripidiinae, and Ripiphorinae), 41 genera, and around 400 species worldwide (Linsley & MacSwain, 1951;López-Colón, 1997;Falin, 2003;Lawrence et al, 2010;Falin & Engel, 2014;Barclay, 2015). Adults tend to be fast moving and short-lived as free-living individuals, but the larvae undergo a hypermetamorphic development as endo-and ectoparasites of insects.…”