Cryptophagus spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 23

Cryptophagus spp. ( Fig. 24 )

Comments. Between 30 and 40 species are reported from North America. The key provided by Woodroffe and Coombs (1961) is based on limited specimens and may not be reliable. Range: throughout North America. Habitat: leaf litter, rotting wood, mammal nests, with social insects, fungal fruiting bodies. Collection Method: emergence, sifting/Berlese. Biology: feed on fungal spores and hyphae. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in FWD1 and CWD2. References: Blatchley 1910; Woodroffe and Coombs 1961; Bousquet 1989, 1990; Downie and Arnett 1996 (usefulness of keys unknown); Leschen 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Leschen and Skelley 2002; Majka and Langor 2010; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 21–26. Habitus images. 21) Ceracis singularis (Dury) (Ciidae). 22) Octotemnus laevis Casey (Ciidae). 23) Atomaria sp. (Cryptophagidae). 24) Cryptophagus sp. (Cryptophagidae). 25) Caulophilus dubius (Horn) (Curculionidae: Cossoninae). 26) Stenoscelis brevis (Boheman) (Curculionidae: Cossoninae).