Cryptophaginae is a subfamily of
silken fungus beetle
Cryptophagidae is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. Members of this family are commonly called silken fungus beetles and both adults and larvae appear to feed exclusively on fungus, fungi although in a w ...
s in the family
Cryptophagidae
Cryptophagidae is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. Members of this family are commonly called silken fungus beetles and both adults and larvae appear to feed exclusively on fungi although in a wide vari ...
. There are about 11 genera and more than 180 described species in Cryptophaginae.
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Genera
These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Cryptophaginae:
* '' Antherophagus'' Dejean, 1821
* '' Caenoscelis'' Thomson, 1863
* ''Cryptophagus
''Cryptophagus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cryptophagidae, the silken fungus beetles. It is distributed across all the biogeographic realms of the world.Lyubarsky, G. Y. and E. E. Perkovsky. (2011)Third contribution on Rovno amber silke ...
'' 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
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