Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)

David Owens, Ashley N. Mortensen, Jeanette Klopchin, William Kern, and Jamie D. Ellis

Release Date: 6/15/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Organism ID. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management

About this Publication

This document is EENY613, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2014. Revised December 2017, April 2021, and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

David Owens; Ashley N. Mortensen, biological scientist; Jeanette Klopchin, research assistant; William Kern, associate professor, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; and Jamie D. Ellis; Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Ashley Mortensen

former biological scientist and alumna (Ph.D., 2018), Department of Entomology and Nematology

Jeanette Klopchin

former Extension technician, UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Jamie Ellis

former Gahan endowed professor, apiculture, Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

William Kern Jr.

Specialist

University of Florida

associate professor of urban entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie, FL

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