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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Xenoscelinae » Cryptophilus » Cryptophilus obliteratus

Species Cryptophilus obliteratus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
light humerals - Cryptophilus obliteratus Cryptophilus - Cryptophilus obliteratus Little brown beetle - Cryptophilus obliteratus Little brown beetle - Cryptophilus obliteratus Anchicera - Cryptophilus obliteratus
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 (Erotylid series)
Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Xenoscelinae
Genus Cryptophilus
Species obliteratus (Cryptophilus obliteratus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cryptophilus seriatus Casey 1924
Explanation of Names
Cryptophilus obliteratus Reitter 1874
Size
2.4-3.1 mm(1)
Range
native to E. Asia, adventive elsewhere: Europe since 1982(2), NA (ON-MA-MD to MN-AR)(3)
Remarks
has been present in North America for a long time(3)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
3.DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera)
Pentinsaari M, Anderson R, Borowiec L, Bouchard P, Brunke A, Douglas H, Smith A, Hebert P. 2019. ZooKeys 894: 53–150.
Contributed by v belov on 13 December, 2016 - 10:15pm
Last updated 28 May, 2020 - 5:46pm

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