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Genus Cryptorhopalum

Cryptorhopalum sp., dorsal - Cryptorhopalum obesulum

2mm beetle on Mesquite blossom. - 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)

Subfamily Megatominae

Tribe Megatomini

Genus Cryptorhopalum

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in (1), additional info in (2)

Explanation of Names

Cryptorhopalum Guérin 1838

'hidden club'

Numbers

25 spp. in our area(3), ~180 total(4)

not yet in the guide:

C. anthrenoides Casey · AZ

C. balteatum LeConte · CA

C. brooksi Beal · AZ‒CO

C. distichia Beal · AZ

C. filitarse Casey · AZ‒CA

C. floridanum Casey · NC‒TX‒CA

C. focale Beal · FL

C. fusculum LeConte · TX‒CA

C. haplotes Beal · CA

C. poorei Beal97 · AZ

C. schneppi Háva · FL

C. quadripunctatum Guérin-Méneville · CA [adv.]

C. rubidum Beal · AZ‒CA

C. sapindi Beal · AZ

C. uteanum Casey916 · w.NA to SD‒CO‒TX

C. vernale Beal · AZ‒NM

C. woolfi Beal · AZ

Range

Canada to Argentina, mostly neotropical; in our area, by far more diverse in the southwest(4)

Remarks

our only representative of the subtribe Cryptorhopalina Pierce 1960 that contains one more (monotypic) genus(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. (2023) 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 21 December, 2024 - 1:02pm

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