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pl. [NL., neut. pl. of rhipidop terus: see rhipidopterous.] Fan-winged insects, a group of abnormal Coleoptera, regarded as an order: synonymous with Strepsiptera. The usual form is Rhipiptera, after Latreille, 1817. rhipidopterous (rip-i-dop'te-rus), a. [ ρυγ-), fishes, having special fin-supports to the pectorals and ventrals as well as to the dorsal and anal. It is subdivided into the orders Rhipidis IMG:content-2208.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2209.jpg:[blocks in formation] globe, but comprises only 14 genera, none of them very rich in species. North America has 4 genera and 23 species. The beetles are upon flowers, and far as known, are parasitic upon other insects. Rhiphidius pectin i corn is is parasitic in Europe upon the croton-bug, or German roach, Ectobia germanic a. Also called Rhipi dophoridæ.