Ipelates
Reitter, 1884
Ipelates is a of in the . The genus contains at least four described . These are classified within the superfamily Staphylinoidea and are considered among the more lineages of carrion-associated beetles. Species in this genus have been documented from fossil and extant contexts.
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Species composition
The contains four described : Ipelates kerneggeri Perkovsky, 2005; Ipelates latissimus (Reitter, 1884); Ipelates latus (Mannerheim, 1852); and Ipelates weitshati Perkovsky, 2007. Two species (I. kerneggeri and I. weitshati) were described from Baltic amber, indicating the genus has both extant and fossil representatives.