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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
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
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) 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) 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
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
G. †Ennoticus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
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Ennoticus mnemosynon Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
G. Micrambe Thomson 1863
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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
Invalid names: Ips Latreille 1802 [replaced]
G. †Lebanophytum Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
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Lebanophytum excellens Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
Invalid names: Hypocoprinae Reitter 1879 [empty], 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 130.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Lebanophytum excellens (122471)
Albian113.0 - 100.5China (Jiangxi) Atomaria cretacea (152593)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Spain Albocryptophagus cantabricus (109438)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Nganasania khetica, Nganasania taymyrica, Microticus khatanga, Ennoticus mnemosynon (35056)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Argentina (Jujuy) Cryptophagus sunchalensis (110536)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Antherophagus priscus (121306 121322)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Atomaria gedanicola, Atomaria alekseevi (110737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Atomaria saxonica (124273)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Atomaria perkovskyi (207959) Cryptophagus harenus, Micrambe sarnensis, Cryptophagus alexagrestis (122997) Telmatophilus sidorchukae (209304)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Atomaria alekseevi (139928) Atomaria groehni (110735) Atomaria propinqua (152022) Micrambe sarnensis, Atomaria groehni (122591)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Spaniophagus hoffeinsae (123419)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cryptophagus bassleri (124624) Cryptophagus petricola (113749) Cryptophagus scudderi, Cryptophagus bassleri (106384)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Antherophagus megalops (122093)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Atomaria protogaea (122868)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Cryptophagus minimus (113996)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland 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 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Cryptophagus sp. (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Atomaria sp. (167662) Cryptophagus sp. (169377) Pteryngium crenatum (169374 169378)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Antherophagus pallens (163070)