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Archeocrypticidae
Sign in to saveThe family Archeocrypticidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name cryptic fungus beetles. Adults and larvae seems to be saprophagous and are often found in plant litter. Worldwide, about 10 genera and 50 species are found, most species are pantropical. Enneboeus caseyi has been recorded from the American South, Central America, and Mexico. About 20 species are found in Australia, in the genera Enneboeus, Australenneboeus and Gondwanenneboeus, Archeocrypticus, Falsoplatydema, Nothenneboeus, Sivacrypticus and Wattianus. They are l
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- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyArcheocrypticidae
The family Archeocrypticidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name cryptic fungus beetles. Adults and larvae seems to be saprophagous and are often found in plant litter.[1] Worldwide, about 10 genera and 50 species are found, most species are pantropical. Enneboeus caseyi has been recorded from the American South, Central America, and Mexico.[1] About 20 species are found in Australia, in the genera Enneboeus, Australenneboeus[2][3][4][5] and Gondwanenneboeus,[5][6] Archeocrypticus, Falsoplatydema, Nothenneboeus, Sivacrypticus and Wattianus.[5] They are largely absent from the Palearctic and Nearctic regions.[7] References ^ a b Young, Daniel K. (2002). "97. Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964". In Arnett, Ross H.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. American Beetles. Vol. 2. CRC Press. pp. 401–402. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0. ^ Lawrence, JF (1994). "Review of the Australian Archeocrypticidae (Coleoptera), with descriptions of a New Genus and four new species". Invertebrate Systematics. 8 (2): 449. doi:10.1071/IT9940449. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q5457
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The family Archeocrypticidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name cryptic fungus beetles. Adults and larvae seems to be saprophagous and are often found in plant litter. Worldwide, about 10 genera and 50 species are found, most species are pantropical. Enneboeus caseyi has been recorded from the American South, Central America, and Mexico. About 20 species are found in Australia, in the genera Enneboeus, Australenneboeus and Gondwanenneboeus, Archeocrypticus, Falsoplatydema, Nothenneboeus, Sivacrypticus and Wattianus. They are largely absent from the Palearctic and Nearctic regions.
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