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Cryptophagus
Cryptophagus is a genus of beetles in the family Cryptophagidae, the silken fungus beetles. It is distributed across all the ecozones of the world. Like most of the other beetles in the family, these are fungivores, feeding on fungal spores and hyphae.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cryptophagus scanicus
speciesCryptophagus scanicus
Cryptophagus setulosus
speciesCryptophagus setulosus
Cryptophagus scutellatus
speciesCryptophagus scutellatus
Acute-angled Fungus Beetle
speciesCryptophagus acutangulus
Cryptophagus lycoperdi
speciesCryptophagus lycoperdi
Cryptophagus decoratus
speciesCryptophagus decoratus
Cryptophagus pilosus
speciesCryptophagus pilosus
Cryptophagus pubescens
speciesCryptophagus pubescens
Cryptophagus dentatus
speciesCryptophagus dentatus
Cryptophagus schmidti
speciesCryptophagus schmidti
Cryptophagus populi
speciesCryptophagus populi
Cryptophagus saginatus
speciesCryptophagus saginatus
Cryptophagus cellaris
speciesCryptophagus cellaris
Cryptophagus subfumatus
speciesCryptophagus subfumatus
Cryptophagus valens
speciesCryptophagus valens
Cryptophagus baldensis
speciesCryptophagus baldensis
Cryptophagus hebes
speciesCryptophagus hebes
Cryptophagus denticulatus
speciesCryptophagus denticulatus
Cryptophagus laticollis
speciesCryptophagus laticollis
Cryptophagus tuberculosus
speciesCryptophagus tuberculosus
Cryptophagus subdepressus
speciesCryptophagus subdepressus
Cryptophagus dorsalis
speciesCryptophagus dorsalis
Cryptophagus labilis
speciesCryptophagus labilis
Cryptophagus stromus
speciesCryptophagus stromus
Cryptophagus bedeli
speciesCryptophagus bedeli
Cryptophagus kamtschaticus
speciesCryptophagus kamtschaticus
Cryptophagus pallidus
speciesCryptophagus pallidus
Cryptophagus pseudodentatus
speciesCryptophagus pseudodentatus
Cryptophagus enormis
speciesCryptophagus enormis
Cryptophagus varians
speciesCryptophagus varians
Cryptophagus sporadum
speciesCryptophagus sporadum
Cryptophagus uncinatus
speciesCryptophagus uncinatus
Cryptophagus quadrimaculatus
speciesCryptophagus quadrimaculatus
Cryptophagus hexagonalis
speciesCryptophagus hexagonalis
Cryptophagus corticinus
speciesCryptophagus corticinus
Cryptophagus badius
speciesCryptophagus badius
Cryptophagus jakowlewi
speciesCryptophagus jakowlewi
Cryptophagus reflexus
speciesCryptophagus reflexus
Cryptophagus bidentatus
speciesCryptophagus bidentatus
Cryptophagus difficilis
speciesCryptophagus difficilis
Cryptophagus mainensis
speciesCryptophagus mainensis
Cryptophagus maximus
speciesCryptophagus maximus
Cryptophagus peregrinus
speciesCryptophagus peregrinus
Cryptophagus porrectus
speciesCryptophagus porrectus
Cryptophagus cylindrellus
speciesCryptophagus cylindrellus
Cryptophagus reflexicollis
speciesCryptophagus reflexicollis
Cryptophagus micaceus
speciesCryptophagus micaceus
Cryptophagus montanus
speciesCryptophagus montanus
Cryptophagus hauseri
speciesCryptophagus hauseri
Cryptophagus inaequalis
speciesCryptophagus inaequalis
Cryptophagus inmixtus
speciesCryptophagus inmixtus
Cryptophagus fasciatus
speciesCryptophagus fasciatus
Cryptophagus dilutus
speciesCryptophagus dilutus
Cryptophagus axillaris
speciesCryptophagus axillaris
Cryptophagus affinis
speciesCryptophagus affinis
Cryptophagus cylindrus
speciesCryptophagus cylindrus
Cryptophagus falcozi
speciesCryptophagus falcozi
Cryptophagus spadiceus
speciesCryptophagus spadiceus
Cryptophagus fuscicornis
speciesCryptophagus fuscicornis
Cryptophagus quadrihamatus
speciesCryptophagus quadrihamatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174098.