CRYPTOPHAGIDAE Kirby, 1826
(silken fungus beetles)

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CRYPTOPHAGINAE
a subfamily of silken fungus beetles
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCRYPTOPHAGIDAE (silken fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

CRYPTOPHAGIDAE (silken fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CRYPTOPHAGIDAE (silken fungus beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CRYPTOPHAGIDAE (silken fungus beetles)
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