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Cryptophagidae (silken fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Cryptophagidae Kirby p. 111
1981Cryptophagidae Crowson p. 697
1989Cryptophagidae Zhang p. 423
1995Cryptophagidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Cryptophagidae Bouchard et al.
2013Lebanophytidae Kirejtshuk p. 114
2015Cryptophagidae Robertson et al.
2016Cryptophagidae Webster
2022Cryptophagidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCucujoidea
familyCryptophagidae
familyCryptophagidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Cryptophagidae Kirby 1837 [silken fungus beetle]
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Subfm. Atomariinae LeConte 1861
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Tr. Atomariini Le Conte 1861
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G. Atomaria Stephens 1829
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Subg. Atomaria (Anchicera) Thomson 1863
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†Atomaria (Anchicera) alekseevi Lyubarsky and Bukejs 2022
†Atomaria (Anchicera) archibaldi Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2024
†Atomaria (Anchicera) bukejsi Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2024
†Atomaria (Anchicera) gedanicola Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2013
†Atomaria (Anchicera) groehni Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2014
†Atomaria (Anchicera) perkovskyi Lyubarsky and Bukejs 2022
†Atomaria (Anchicera) propinqua Lyubarsky et al. 2023
†Atomaria (Anchicera) telnovi Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2024
Subg. Atomaria (Atomaria) Stephens 1829
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†Atomaria (Atomaria) saxonica Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018
Atomaria mesomela Herbst 1792
†Atomaria protogaea Heer 1862
G. Ephistemus Stephens 1829
G. †Nganasania Zherikhin 1977
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†Nganasania khetica Zherikhin 1977
†Nganasania taymyrica Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2014
G. †Shixitomaria Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018
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†Shixitomaria cretacea Cai and Wang 2013
Invalid names: Hypocoprini Reitter 1879 [empty]
Subfm. Cryptophaginae Kirby 1837
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Tr. Cryptophagini Kirby 1837
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G. †Albocryptophagus Peris et al. 2017
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†Albocryptophagus cantabricus Peris et al. 2017
G. Antherophagus Dejean 1821
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†Antherophagus megalops Wickham 1913
Antherophagus pallens Linnaeus 1758
†Antherophagus priscus Scudder 1876
G. Cryptophagus Herbst 1792
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†Cryptophagus alexagrestis Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2011
†Cryptophagus bassleri Wickham 1913
†Cryptophagus harenus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2012
†Cryptophagus minimus Piton 1935
†Cryptophagus petricola Wickham 1916
†Cryptophagus scudderi Wickham 1914
†Cryptophagus sunchalensis Cockerell 1926
†Cryptophagus vorontsovi Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2024
G. †Ennoticus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
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†Ennoticus mnemosynon Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
G. Henoticus Thomson 1868
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†Henoticus groehni Bukejs et al. 2023
G. Micrambe Thomson 1863
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Subg. Micrambe (Neomicrambe) Otero and Pereira 2019
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†Micrambe (Neomicrambe) danica Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2024
†Micrambe (Neomicrambe) tristis Lyubarsky et al. 2024
†Micrambe sarnensis Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2010
G. †Microticus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2015
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†Microticus khatanga Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2015
G. Pteryngium Reitter 1887
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Pteryngium crenatum Gyllenhal 1827
G. †Spaniophagus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2019
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†Spaniophagus hoffeinsae Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2019
G. Telmatophilus Heer 1841
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†Telmatophilus sidorchukae Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2020
G. †Turgaphagites Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2024
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†Turgaphagites clavatus Ponomarenko 1990
Invalid names: Ips Latreille 1802 [replaced]
G. †Lebanophytum Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
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†Lebanophytum excellens Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
Invalid names: Lebanophytidae Kirejtshuk 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.77000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Lebanophytum excellens (122471)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (Chita) Cryptophagites clavatus (119499)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain Albocryptophagus cantabricus (109438)
Albian113.2 - 100.5China (Jiangxi) Atomaria cretacea (152593)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation Nganasania khetica, Nganasania taymyrica, Microticus khatanga, Ennoticus mnemosynon (35056)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) Cryptophagus sunchalensis (110536)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Antherophagus priscus (121306 121322)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Antherophagus megalops (122093)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Spaniophagus hoffeinsae (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Micrambe tristis, Micrambe danica (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Atomaria gedanicola, Atomaria alekseevi (110737)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Atomaria archibaldi (216854) Atomaria bukejsi (234940) Atomaria perkovskyi (207959) Atomaria telnovi, Cryptophagus vorontsovi, Atomaria saxonica (113621) Cryptophagus harenus, Micrambe sarnensis, Cryptophagus alexagrestis (122997) Telmatophilus sidorchukae (209304)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Atomaria alekseevi (139928) Atomaria groehni, Henoticus groehni (110735) Atomaria propinqua (152022) Micrambe sarnensis, Atomaria groehni, Atomaria alekseevi (122591)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Atomaria saxonica (124273)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cryptophagus bassleri (124624) Cryptophagus petricola (113749) Cryptophagus scudderi, Cryptophagus bassleri (106384)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Atomaria protogaea (122868)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Cryptophagus minimus (113996)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Atomaria sp. (160144)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Atomaria mesomelaena (168268 168270 168271) Atomaria sp. (168265) Cryptophagus sp. (168264)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Atomaria sp. (169392)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Atomaria sp. (164905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Antherophagus pallens (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Atomaria sp. (167662) Cryptophagus sp. (169377) Pteryngium crenatum (169374 169378)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Cryptophagus sp. (169406)