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Genus Cryptorhopalum

Cryptorhopalum reversum Casey - Cryptorhopalum reversum Cryptorhopalum triste? - Cryptorhopalum triste Carpet beetle - Cryptorhopalum Cryptorhopalum ruficorne LeConte - Cryptorhopalum ruficorne Little fuzzy brown beetle - Cryptorhopalum tiny beetle - Cryptorhopalum Cryptorhopalum triste-group - Cryptorhopalum triste Cryptorhopalum triste? - Cryptorhopalum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)
Tribe Anthrenini
Genus Cryptorhopalum
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in Beal (1985)(1), additional info in Beal (1995)(2)
Explanation of Names
Cryptorhopalum Guérin 1838
'hidden [antennal] club'
Numbers
25 spp. in our area, ~160 total(3) Still missing in guide:
C. anthrenoides Casey, 1916 (AZ, Mex)
C. balteatum Le Conte, 1854 (CA)
C. brooksi Beal, 1995 (AZ - CO)
C. distichia Beal, 1985 (AZ, Mex)
C. filitarse Casey, 1900 (AZ, CA)
C. floridanum Casey, 1916 (NC - TX, CA)
C. focale Beal, 1985 (FL)
C. fusculum Le Conte, 1854 (TX - CA)
C. haplotes Beal, 1979 (CA, Mex)
C. poorei Beal, 1975 (AZ, Mex)
C. schneppi Háva, 2021 (FL)
C. quadripunctatum Guérin-Méneville, 1838 (CA, intr.)
C. rubidum Beal, 1979 (AZ, CA)
C. sapindi Beal, 1985 (AZ)
C. uteanum Casey, 1916 (western, east to SD - CO - TX)
C. vernale Beal, 1985 (AZ, NM)
C. woolfi Beal, 1985 (AZ)
Range
Canada to Argentina, mostly neotropical; in our area, by far more diverse in the southwest(4)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic revision of the Nearctic species of Cryptorhopalum
R. S. Beal, Jr. 1985. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 111: 171-221.
2.Taxonomic notes and distributional data on Nearctic species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) w/ descrip. of a n. sp.
Beal, R.S. 1995. Entomological News 106(4): 169-177. .
3.World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera)
Jiří Háva. 2003. Studie a zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Brandýs n. Labem 2003 Supplementum 1.
4.Háva J. (2018) World catalogue of the Dermestidae