Cryptophaginae Explained

Cryptophaginae is a subfamily of silken fungus beetles in the family Cryptophagidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 180 described species in Cryptophaginae.

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Cryptophaginae:

• Antherophagus Dejean, 1821
• Caenoscelis Thomson, 1863
• Cryptophagus Herbst, 1792
• Henoticus Thomson, 1868
• Henotiderus Reitter, 1877
• Myrmedophila Bousquet, 1989
• Pteryngium Reitter, 1887
• Renodesta Caterino, Leschen & Johnson, 2008
• Salebius Casey, 1900
• Sternodea Reitter, 1875
• Telmatophilus Heer, 1841

Further reading

• A review of the North American genera of Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae). 1989. Bousquet . Yves. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43. 1. 1–17. 4008590.
• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.
• Phylogeny and Revision of the Genera of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). 1996. Leschen . Richard A. B.. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 55. 15. 549–634. 0022-8850.
• Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Leschen . Richard A. B.. Skelley . Paul E.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 85: Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1837. 338–342. 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Contributions towards an understanding of the Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada. 2010. Majka . C.. Langor . D.. ZooKeys. 35. 13–35. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.35.314. free.