Rhipicera

Rhipicera
	Rhipicera carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Rhipiceridae
Genus:	Rhipicera; Latreille, 1817
Synonyms
	Polytomus Dalman, 1819 ; Polystomus Berthold, 1827 (Missp.) ; Agathorhipis Guérin-Méneville, 1843 ; Rhipidocera Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.) ; Rhipidicera Gistl, 1848 (Missp.) ;

Rhipicera is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae.[1][2]

Description

It has been reported that in the genus Rhipicera "...the size and shape of the male antennae suggest that these antennae may be involved in detecting trace quantities of odorant molecules associated with female conspecifics. This suggestion is based on: (a) the fact that the antennae will have a relatively large surface area, encouraging diffusion of odorant molecules to the antennal surface.. "and that"...(b) the assumption that many sensilla (the sensory structures on the antennal surface) can be accommodated on the relatively large surface area, leading to greater sensitivity, a quality necessary for trace detection of odorant molecules; and (c) the fact that a larger outline area should increase the chance of molecule capture...".[2]

It has also been reported that "The antennae of male beetles were fanned when perching or flying..." and "..could fold their antennae into a banner-like form when copulating with female beetles."[2]

Species

All five species of the genus Rhipicera are closely related based on their morphological characters.[2]

Rhipicera attenuata Westwood 1843; Western Australia[1]
Rhipicera carinata Jin et al., 2013; Western Australia[1]
Rhipicera femorata Kirby 1818; Eastern coastfrom southern Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania[1]
Rhipicera mystacina (Fabricius, 1775); Queensland[1]
Rhipicera reichei Guerin-Meneville, 1843; Queensland[1]

Gallery

Rhipicera mystacina
Rhipicera carinata
Rhipicera carinata
Rhipicera carinata - antennae
Rhipicera carinata - Female
Rhipicera carinata - Male

References

ZHENYU JIN; HERMES E. ESCALONA; ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI; HONG PANG (June 2013). "PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION OF RHIPICERINAE (COLEOPTERA: RHIPICERIDAE) WITH A REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN TAXA". Annales Zoologici. 63 (2): 275–317. doi:10.3161/000345413X669577. ISSN 0003-4541. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
ANDREW RAMSEY; TERRY F. HOUSTON; ALEXANDER D. BALL; TOMASZ GORAL; MAXWELL V.L. BARCLAY; JONATHAN P.L. COX (16 June 2015). "Towards an Understanding of Molecule Capture by the Antennae of Male Beetles Belonging to the Genus Rhipicera (Coleoptera, Rhipiceridae)". The Anatomical Record Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology. 298 (9): 1519–1534. doi:10.1002/ar.23188. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

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[PHYLOGENY_CLASSIFICATION_RHIPICERINAE-1] ZHENYU JIN; HERMES E. ESCALONA; ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI; HONG PANG (June 2013). "PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION OF RHIPICERINAE (COLEOPTERA: RHIPICERIDAE) WITH A REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN TAXA". Annales Zoologici. 63 (2): 275–317. doi:10.3161/000345413X669577. ISSN 0003-4541. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[Molecule_Capture_2015-2] ANDREW RAMSEY; TERRY F. HOUSTON; ALEXANDER D. BALL; TOMASZ GORAL; MAXWELL V.L. BARCLAY; JONATHAN P.L. COX (16 June 2015). "Towards an Understanding of Molecule Capture by the Antennae of Male Beetles Belonging to the Genus Rhipicera (Coleoptera, Rhipiceridae)". The Anatomical Record Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology. 298 (9): 1519–1534. doi:10.1002/ar.23188. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.