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Genus Cryptopleurum

brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile Cryptopleurum Tiny beetle - Cryptopleurum minutum Minuscule beetle in compost - Cryptopleurum Belden-J.2021.46 - Cryptopleurum subtile Hydrophilid? - Cryptopleurum subtile Modesto-J.2023.01 - Cryptopleurum Small, brown beetle - Cryptopleurum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Sphaeridiinae
Tribe Megasternini
Genus Cryptopleurum
Explanation of Names
Cryptopleurum Mulsant 1844
Numbers
5 spp. in our area(1), >20 total
Identification
prosternum non-carinate, flat, notched posteriorly to accommodate the anterior projection of mesosternum; elytra pubescent; clypeus and frons distinctively separated; protibiae unnotched(2)
Key to spp. in (3)
Range
much of the world
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Review of the Family Hydrophilidae of Canada and Alaska
Ales Smetana. 1988. Entomological Society of Canada.
3.Revision of the subfamily Sphaeridiinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Smetana A. 1978. Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 105: 1–292.