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Cryptamorpha

Cryptamorpha is a widespread genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae, which has not been comprehensively revised taxonomically. The best known species is Cryptamorpha desjardinsii. The most recently described species is Cryptamorpha triregia, from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.

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Cryptamorpha
Cryptamorpha desjardinsi mating
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Silvanidae
Tribe: Telephanini
Genus: Cryptamorpha
Wollaston, 1854

Cryptamorpha is a widespread genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae, which has not been comprehensively revised taxonomically. The best known species is Cryptamorpha desjardinsii. The most recently described species is Cryptamorpha triregia, from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.1

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  1. Brown, S.D.J.; Marris, J.W.M.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2012: Review of New Zealand Cryptamorpha (Coleoptera: Silvanidae), with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 35(1): 29-38. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.649706