Cryptopleurum

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Megasternini
Genus: Cryptopleurum
Species:
Name

Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 1844

Cryptopleurum minutum

References
Primary references
Additional references

Jia, F.L. & Zhang, R.J. 2017. A review of the genus Cryptopleurum from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(2): 577-592. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Cryptopleurum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Cryptopleurum.[1][2][3]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Cryptopleurum:

Cryptopleurum americanum Horn, 1890
Cryptopleurum cerei Schwarz
Cryptopleurum crenatum (Kugelann, 1794)
Cryptopleurum evansi Balfour-Browne, 1945
Cryptopleurum fusciceps (Régimbart, 1907)
Cryptopleurum impressum Sharp, 1882
Cryptopleurum minutum (Fabricius, 1775)
Cryptopleurum pygmaeum Orchymont, 1913
Cryptopleurum subtile Sharp, 1884
Cryptopleurum sulcatum Motschulsky, 1863
Cryptopleurum vagans LeConte, 1855

References

"Cryptopleurum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Cryptopleurum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Cryptopleurum genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.