|
Cryptophilus
Cryptophilus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about nine described species in Cryptophilus.[1][2][3] IdentificationCryptophilus adults are brown and slightly hairy beetles, 1.6-2.3 mm long and with 3-segmented antennal clubs.[4] They resemble beetles of the unrelated family Cryptophagidae.[4][5] Unlike cryptophagids, Cryptophilus have procoxal sockets that are closed.[5] The larvae are long, hairy and have a granulate or tuberculate dorsum. They can be mistaken for larvae of Monotoma (Monotomidae) or Epuraea (Nitidulidae), which occur in similar habitats. Cryptophilus larvae can be recognised by their mandibles, which lack a sub-apical accessory tooth and have a large, subtriangular prostheca.[5] EcologyCryptophilus occur in decaying plant matter (e.g. leaf litter, wood debris, compost heaps, grass cuttings, straw) and also in stored food products (e.g. cereals, beans, flour, dried fruit, nuts).[4][5][6] Adults and larvae are mycophages that feed on mould.[4][6] SpeciesThese species belong to the genus Cryptophilus:
(see also Cryptophilus integer (Heer, 1841) as a junior synonym of Micrambe abietis (Paykull, 1798) per Esser 2016, & Esser 2017, contra "integer" sensu auct. as Cryptophilus propinquus or Cryptophilus angustus. References
Further reading
External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
_japonica_in_dorsal_view_-_ZooKeys-261-051-g005-16.jpeg){kind=small}