Cryptophaginae

Subfamily of beetles

Cryptophaginae
Antherophagus silaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cryptophagidae
Subfamily: Cryptophaginae
Kirby, 1826

Cryptophaginae is a subfamily of silken fungus beetles in the family Cryptophagidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 180 described species in Cryptophaginae.[1][2][3]

Henoticus serratus

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Cryptophaginae:

  • Antherophagus Dejean, 1821
  • Caenoscelis Thomson, 1863
  • Cryptophagus Herbst, 1792
  • Henoticus Thomson, 1868
  • Henotiderus Reitter, 1877
  • Myrmedophila Bousquet, 1989
  • Pteryngium Reitter, 1887
  • Renodesta Caterino, Leschen & Johnson, 2008
  • Salebius Casey, 1900
  • Sternodea Reitter, 1875
  • Telmatophilus Heer, 1841

References

  1. ^ "Cryptophaginae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  2. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

  • Bousquet, Yves (1989). "A review of the North American genera of Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43 (1): 1–17. JSTOR 4008590.
  • LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
  • Leschen, Richard A. B. (1996). "Phylogeny and Revision of the Genera of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 55 (15): 549–634. ISSN 0022-8850.
  • Leschen, Richard A. B.; Skelley, Paul E. (2002). "Family 85: Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1837". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 338–342. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Majka, C.; Langor, D. (2010). "Contributions towards an understanding of the Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada". ZooKeys (35): 13–35. doi:10.3897/zookeys.35.314. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Media related to Cryptophaginae at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Cryptophaginae


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