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Cryptopleurum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Taxonomy
Cryptopleurum was named by Mulsant (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hydrophilidae by Coope et al. (1961); and to Megasternini by Webster (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Cryptopleurum Mulsant
1961Cryptopleurum Coope et al.
2016Cryptopleurum Webster p. 409

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHydrophilidae
subfamilySphaeridiinae()
tribeMegasterniniMulsant 1844
genusCryptopleurumMulsant 1844

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. Cryptopleurum Mulsant 1844
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Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann 1794
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius 1775
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available