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Cryptopleurum
Sign in to saveCryptopleurum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Cryptopleurum.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 178
- With media
- 44
- Family
- Hydrophilidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UHIM, FMNH, KU
- Recorded in
- United States, Panamá, Costa Rica
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Cryptopleurum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Cryptopleurum.
==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
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