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Subfamily Cryptophaginae

Cryptophagidae, Atomaria? - Henoticus serratus

Cryptophagidae from Upper Lillooet PP - Henoticus serratus

Cucujoidea - Silken Fungus Beetles - Cryptophagidae - Cryptophagus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Cucujid series)

Family Cryptophagidae (Silken Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Cryptophaginae

Numbers

ca. 50 spp. in 8 genera (of which 30 spp. are in Cryptophagus) in our area(1); 18 spp. in 7 genera in Atlantic Canada(2)

Identification

keys to spp. in(2) cover most of the ne. NA fauna

Range

worldwide and throughout NA(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Contributions towards an understanding of the Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada Majka C.G., Langor D. 2010. ZooKeys 35: 13-35.

Contributed by v belov on 20 February, 2010 - 7:47pm
Last updated 22 June, 2010 - 8:05am

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