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Archeocrypticidae

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Coleoptera

Infraorder
  
Scientific name
  
Archeocrypticidae

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Suborder
  
Superfamily
  
Higher classification
  
Tenebrionoidea

Similar
  
Chalcodryidae, Ulodidae, Phycosecidae, Prostomidae, Cavognathidae

The family Archeocrypticidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name cryptic fungus beetles. Adults and larvae seems to be saprophagous and are often found in plant litter. Worldwide, about 10 genera and 50 speciesare found, most species are pantropical. Enneboeus caseyi has been recorded from the American South, Central America, and Mexico. About 20 species are found in Australia, in the genera Enneboeus and Australenneboeus.

References

Archeocrypticidae Wikipedia


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