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Desjardins's Flat Beetle
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Desjardins's Flat Beetle

Cryptamorpha desjardinsi

Cryptamorpha desjardinsii, known generally as the Desjardin's beetle or Desjardin's flat beetle, is a species of silvanid flat bark beetle in the family Silvanidae. It was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844 and originally named Psammoechus desjardinsii. It is native to tropical Asia but is now found in many countries in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and Oceania including in Australia and New Zealand.

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