Parasitoid-beetle

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• Trigonodera schaefferi

  wedge-shaped beetle

  Trigonodera schaefferi is a species of wedge-shaped beetle in the family Ripiphoridae, a family of beetles with unusual life histories involving parasitism or hypermetamorphosis. The species is known from North America and was described by Rivnay in 1929. Ripiphorid beetles are generally uncommon and poorly known, with most species having specialized host associations that remain incompletely documented.

  Ripiphoridaewedge-shaped-beetleNorth-Americaparasitoid-beetlehypermetamorphosisRivnay-1929