Biology:Cryptopleurum

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Cryptopleurum
Cryptopleurum minutum (Fabricius, 1775) (3421643020).jpg
Cryptopleurum minutum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Tribe: Megasternini
Genus: Cryptopleurum
Mulsant, 1844

Cryptopleurum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Cryptopleurum.[1][2][3]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Cryptopleurum:

  • Cryptopleurum americanum Horn, 1890
  • Cryptopleurum cerei Schwarz
  • Cryptopleurum crenatum (Kugelann, 1794)
  • Cryptopleurum evansi Balfour-Browne, 1945
  • Cryptopleurum fusciceps (Régimbart, 1907)
  • Cryptopleurum impressum Sharp, 1882
  • Cryptopleurum minutum (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Cryptopleurum pygmaeum Orchymont, 1913
  • Cryptopleurum subtile Sharp, 1884
  • Cryptopleurum sulcatum Motschulsky, 1863
  • Cryptopleurum vagans LeConte, 1855

References

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14931188 entry