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Cryptopleurum minutum
Species
Cryptopleurum minutum
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily
Hydrophiloidea
Family
Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily
Sphaeridiinae
Tribe
Megasternini
Genus
Cryptopleurum
Species
minutum
(Cryptopleurum minutum)
Explanation of Names
Cryptopleurum minutum
(Fabricius 1775)
Size
1.6-2 mm
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (across the north south to FL-IN-CA]
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Works Cited
1.
Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
2.
The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
3.
California Beetle Project
Contributed by
Boris Büche
on 24 January, 2008 - 5:08am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 6 December, 2022 - 7:19pm