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Macrosiagon pectinata
Macrosiagon limbata, female

Macrosiagon is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in Macrosiagon.[1][2][3] Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on the Greek word "siagon" (σῐᾱγών), for "jaw", which is feminine in gender ([1]), despite recent publications erroneously treating the gender as neuter (e.g. [4])

Selected species

References

  1. ^ "Macrosiagon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Macrosiagon". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Batelka, J. (2003) New synonyms and notes on the distribution of Macrosiagon bipartitum and Macrosiagon cyaniveste (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 67: 59–63.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr., ed. (1983). "Family 122: Rhipiphoridae, The Rhipiphorid Beetles". Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Flora & Fauna Publications. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-0916846190.
  • Kubisz, Daniel; Iwan, Dariusz; Tykarski, Piotr (2014). Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. ISBN 978-83-935107-9-5.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.

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