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Cryptophagus fallax

Cryptophagus fallax is a species of silken fungus beetle in the family Cryptophagidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.

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Cryptophagus fallax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cryptophagidae
Genus: Cryptophagus
Species:
C. fallax
Binomial name
Cryptophagus fallax
Balfour-Browne, 1953

Cryptophagus fallax is a species of silken fungus beetle in the family Cryptophagidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.123

References

References

  1. "Cryptophagus fallax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Cryptophagus fallax". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Woodroffe, G. E.; Coombs, C. W. (1961). "A Revision of the North American Cryptophagus Herbst (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae)". Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America. 2: 179–211. ISSN 0071-0717.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.