Cryptophagus scutellatus

Cryptophagus scutellatus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cryptophagidae

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. Like most of the other beetles in the family, these are fungivores, feeding on fungal spores and hyphae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Cryptophagus scutellatus

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