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Cryptophilus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae

Taxonomy
Cryptophilus was named by Reitter (1874). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cryptophilini, Cryptophilini.

It was assigned to Cryptophilini by Lyubarsky and Perkovsky (2020); and to Cryptophilini by Lyubarsky et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Cryptophilus Reitter p. 381
2020Cryptophilus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky p. 31
2024Cryptophilus Lyubarsky et al. p. 118

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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
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyErotyloidea
familyErotylidae()
subfamilyCryptophilinae()
tribeCryptophilini
genusCryptophilus

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.

G. Cryptophilus Reitter 1874
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Cryptophilus britannicus Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2019
Cryptophilus karinae Lyubarsky et al. 2024
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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) C. karinae (234648)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Telmatophilus britannicus (123959)