''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of

wedge-shaped beetle Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic pa ...

s in the family

Ripiphoridae Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic pa ...

. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the

ICZN The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...

, 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

, despite recent publications erroneously treating the gender as neuter (e.g. 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.)

Selected species

* '' Macrosiagon acutipennis'' Pierce, 1904 * '' Macrosiagon bifasciata'' (Marseul, 1877) * '' Macrosiagon bifoveata'' Horn, 1875 * '' Macrosiagon bimaculata'' (Fabricius, 1787) * '' Macrosiagon bipunctata'' (Fabricius, 1801) * '' Macrosiagon capito'' (Blackburn, 1899) * '' Macrosiagon championi'' (Blackburn, 1899) * '' Macrosiagon crassipes'' (Lea, 1917) * '' Macrosiagon cruenta'' (Germar, 1824) * '' Macrosiagon cucullata'' (W.J. Macleay, 1887) * '' Macrosiagon cyanivestis'' Marseul, 1876 * ''† Macrosiagon deuvei'' Batelka, Collomb & Nel, 2006 * '' Macrosiagon difficilis'' (Blackburn, 1899) * '' Macrosiagon dimidiata'' (Fabricius, 1781) * '' Macrosiagon diversiceps'' (Blackburn, 1899) * '' Macrosiagon elegans'' Marseul, 1876 * '' Macrosiagon ebboi'' Perrichot, Nel & Néraudeau, 2004 * '' Macrosiagon fernalda'' Rivnay, 1929 * '' Macrosiagon ferruginea'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Macrosiagon flavipennis'' (LeConte, 1866) * '' Macrosiagon fortieri'' (Chobaut, 1893) * '' Macrosiagon grombczewskii'' (Semenov, 1891) * '' Macrosiagon interioris'' (Blackburn, 1899) * '' Macrosiagon laeviceps'' (Lea, 1917) * '' Macrosiagon limbata'' (Fabricius, 1792) * '' Macrosiagon macleayi'' Csiki, 1913 * '' Macrosiagon maculicollis'' (Boheman, 1858) * '' Macrosiagon medvedevi'' Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 * '' Macrosiagon meridionalis'' (Costa, 1859) * '' Macrosiagon nasuta'' (Thunberg, 1784) * '' Macrosiagon nigroapicalis'' (Lea, 1917) * '' Macrosiagon novaehollandiae'' (Gerstaecker, 1855) * '' Macrosiagon oberthurii'' (Fairmaire, 1879) * '' Macrosiagon octomaculata'' (Gerstaecker, 1855) * '' Macrosiagon pallidipennis'' (Reitter, 1898) * '' Macrosiagon pectinata'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Macrosiagon pictipennis'' (Lea, 1904) * '' Macrosiagon praeusta'' (Gebler, 1830) * '' Macrosiagon punctata'' (Fabricius, 1787) * '' Macrosiagon punctulaticeps'' (Blackburn, 1899) * '' Macrosiagon pusilla'' (Gerstaecker, 1855) * '' Macrosiagon rufofasciata'' (Lea, 1917) * '' Macrosiagon sayi'' (LeConte, 1858) * '' Macrosiagon semipunctata'' (Lea, 1904) * '' Macrosiagon setipennis'' (Lea, 1917) * '' Macrosiagon sobrina'' (Waterhouse, 1883) * '' Macrosiagon spinicollis'' (Fairmaire, 1893) * '' Macrosiagon terminata'' (Laporte, 1840) * '' Macrosiagon tricolor'' (Gerstaecker, 1855) * '' Macrosiagon tricuspidata'' (Lepechin, 1774) * '' Macrosiagon vittata'' (Erichson, 1847)

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