''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
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' Pierce, 1904
* '' Macrosiagon bifasciata'' (Marseul, 1877)
* '' Macrosiagon bifoveata'' Horn, 1875
* '' Macrosiagon bimaculata'' (Fabricius, 1787)
* ''Macrosiagon bipunctata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Fabricius, 1801)
* ''Macrosiagon capito
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* ''Macrosiagon championi
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* '' Macrosiagon crassipes'' (Lea, 1917)
* ''Macrosiagon cruenta
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Germar, 1824)
* '' Macrosiagon cucullata'' (W.J. Macleay, 1887)
* ''Macrosiagon cyanivestis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' Marseul, 1876
* ''† Macrosiagon deuvei'' Batelka, Collomb & Nel, 2006
* ''Macrosiagon difficilis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* ''Macrosiagon dimidiata
''Macrosiagon dimidiata'' is a species of wedge-shaped beetle in the family Ripiphoridae
Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". ...
'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* ''Macrosiagon diversiceps
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* ''Macrosiagon elegans
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' Marseul, 1876
* ''Macrosiagon ebboi
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' Perrichot, Nel & Néraudeau, 2004
* ''Macrosiagon fernalda
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' Rivnay, 1929
* ''Macrosiagon ferruginea
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* ''Macrosiagon flavipennis
''Macrosiagon flavipennis'' is a species of wedge-shaped beetle in the family Ripiphoridae
Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles" ...
'' (LeConte, 1866)
* ''Macrosiagon fortieri
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Chobaut, 1893)
* ''Macrosiagon grombczewskii
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Semenov, 1891)
* ''Macrosiagon interioris
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* ''Macrosiagon laeviceps
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Lea, 1917)
* ''Macrosiagon limbata
''Macrosiagon limbatum'' is a species of wedge-shaped beetle in the family Ripiphoridae. They are found across the Eastern United States, Southeastern Canada and Central America. It is likely that their range extends into South America but this cu ...
'' (Fabricius, 1792)
* ''Macrosiagon macleayi
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' Csiki, 1913
* ''Macrosiagon maculicollis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. 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 acce ...
'' (Boheman, 1858)
* ''Macrosiagon medvedevi
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973
* ''Macrosiagon meridionalis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Costa, 1859)
* '' Macrosiagon nasuta'' (Thunberg, 1784)
* '' Macrosiagon nigroapicalis'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon novaehollandiae'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* '' Macrosiagon oberthurii'' (Fairmaire, 1879)
* ''Macrosiagon octomaculata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* ''Macrosiagon pallidipennis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Reitter, 1898)
* ''Macrosiagon pectinata
''Macrosiagon pectinata'' is a species of wedge-shaped beetle in the family Ripiphoridae
Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* ''Macrosiagon pictipennis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Lea, 1904)
* '' Macrosiagon praeusta'' (Gebler, 1830)
* ''Macrosiagon punctata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787)
* ''Macrosiagon punctulaticeps
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Blackburn, 1899)
* '' Macrosiagon pusilla'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* ''Macrosiagon rufofasciata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Lea, 1917)
* ''Macrosiagon sayi
''Macrosiagon sayi'' is a species of wedge-shaped beetle in the family Ripiphoridae
Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripip ...
'' (LeConte, 1858)
* '' Macrosiagon semipunctata'' (Lea, 1904)
* '' Macrosiagon setipennis'' (Lea, 1917)
* '' Macrosiagon sobrina'' (Waterhouse, 1883)
* ''Macrosiagon spinicollis
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Fairmaire, 1893)
* ''Macrosiagon terminata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Laporte, 1840)
* ''Macrosiagon tricolor
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Gerstaecker, 1855)
* ''Macrosiagon tricuspidata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Lepechin, 1774)
* ''Macrosiagon vittata
''Macrosiagon'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Macrosiagon''. Under the rules of the ICZN, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is feminine, as it is based on th ...
'' (Erichson, 1847)
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