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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Cryptorhopalum

Genus Cryptorhopalum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

tiny Carpet Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste

Cryptorhopalum triste-group - Cryptorhopalum triste

Ptinidae swept from Sanicula arctopoides - 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

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 28 September, 2006 - 2:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 22 April, 2022 - 4:19pm

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