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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Cryptophaginae » Cryptophagini » Cryptophagus
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Cryptophagidae - Cryptophagus
Copyright © 2007 Steve Taylor

Cryptophagidae - Cryptophagus
Bell County, Texas, USA
Size: scale bar is 1 mm
Corrected now - I had it in the wrong family
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Contributed by Steve Taylor on 13 August, 2007 - 11:24am
Last updated 16 August, 2007 - 11:58am

Moved
Moved from False Skin Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 14 August, 2007 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Not Biphyllidae
but Cryptophagidae: Cryptophagus (note prominent anteroiur corners of pronotum).
… Boris Büche, 14 August, 2007 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
your ID
Thanks so much for the correction!
… Steve Taylor, 16 August, 2007 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

Poss. Byphyllid
If it is Byphyllid, doesn't appear to be Diplocoelus. Where is it from? I'll post image of the characteristic 1st sternite.
… Richard Lareau, 14 August, 2007 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

I was just wishing for another to show up,
but is from Indonesia, Borneo, or US/Canada?
… Jim McClarin, 13 August, 2007 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
location
Sorry. Central Texas - deep in leaf litter in a shaded, narrow, small canyon.
… Steve Taylor, 14 August, 2007 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

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