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Family Cryptophagidae - Silken Fungus Beetles

ID please for small light brown bug  - Antherophagus ochraceus less two-toned - Atomaria wollastoni Cryptophagus  - Cryptophagus Orthoperus atomus Gyllenhal - Ephistemus globulus Cucujoidea – Silken Fungus Beetles - Cryptophagidae – Cryptophaginae – Cryptophagini  - Henotiderus centromaculatus Cryptophagidae, Atomaria? - Henoticus serratus Beetle 1  - Telmatophilus Cryptophagus? - 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)
Explanation of Names
Cryptophagidae Kirby 1826
Numbers
2 subfamilies, with ~150 spp. in 18 genera in our area and ~600 spp. in 62 genera worldwide(1)(2)(3)
Overview of our faunaTaxa not yet in the guide are marked (*)
Family Cryptophagidae
Subfamily CRYPTOPHAGINAE
Subfamily ATOMARIINAE
Identification
keys to spp. for Canada & nUS in (4)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Habitat
decaying habitats with fungal growth, incl. rotting wood, leaf litter, stored products, nests of mammals and social insects, etc.; Antherophagus frequent flowers(1)
See Also
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.A new genus of Caenoscelini (Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae) from California, with two new species
Caterino M.S., Leschen R.A.B., Johnson C. 2008. Col. Bull. 62: 509-523.
3.New genera and new species of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera) from USA and Mexico
Jens Esser. 2018. Linzer biologische Beiträge, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 1079-1083.
4.The Cryptophagidae of Canada and the northern United States of America
Pelletier G., Hébert C. 2019. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 40.