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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

Subfamily Cryptophaginae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Silken fungus beetle from Banff 10.07.09 - Antherophagus ochraceus Cryptophagidae - Caenoscelis Henotiderus centromaculatus Antherophagus ochraceus Salebius Cucujoidea – Silken Fungus Beetles - Cryptophagidae – Cryptophaginae – Cryptophagini - Cryptophagus Cryptophagidae from Upper Lillooet PP - Henoticus serratus Cryptophagidae, Silken Fungus Beetle, lateral - Antherophagus ochraceus
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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