Cryptolestes
| Cryptolestes | |
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| Cryptolestes klapperichi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Laemophloeidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolestes Ganglbauer, 1899 |
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Cryptolestes is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Several species are known as economically important pests of stored products, especially food grains. The four most notorious species are Cryptolestes ferrugineus, , Cryptolestes pusillus, and Cryptolestes turcicus.[1] C. capensis, C. klapperichi, and C. ugandae are less widespread pests.[1] Species in this genus can be hard to distinguish from one another, and definitive identification often requires close examination of the genitalia.[2]
Species include:[3]
- Wankowicz
- Thomas
- Lefkovitch
- Lefkovitch
- Grouvelle
- Chevrolat
- Grouvelle
- Lefkovitch
- Thomas
- Lefkovitch
- Waltl
- Thomas
- Thomas & Zimmerman
- Erichson
- Lefkovitch
- Blackburn
- Grouvelle
- Waltl
- Thomas
- Lefkovitch
- Grouvelle
- Cryptolestes ferrugineus Stephens – rusty grain beetle
- Motschulsky
- Iablokoff-Khnzorian
- Thomas
- Grouvelle
- [4]
- Cryptolestes klapperichi Lefkovitch
- Villiers
- Thomas
- Lefkovitch
- [4]
- Grouvelle
- Casey
- Cryptolestes punctatus LeConte
- Steel & Howe
- Cryptolestes pusillus Schonherr – flat grain beetle
- [5]
- Casey
- Curtis
- Thomas
- [4]
- Thomas
- Cryptolestes turcicus Grouvelle – flour mill beetle
- [4]
- Steel & Howe
- Cryptolestes uncicornis Reitter
- Reitter
References[]
- ^ a b Thomas, M. C. (1988). A revision of the new world species of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer (Coleoptera: Cucujidae: Laemophloeinae). Insecta Mundi 2(1), 43-65. paper 495.
- ^ Laemophloeidae of Florida. Coleoptera. Museum of Entomology. Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville.
- ^ Laemophloeidae Species List Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d Thomas, M. C. (2002). Descriptions of four new species of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer, with a revised key to the New World species and notes on other species (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 16(1-3) 147-55. paper 547.
- ^ Thomas, M. C. (2002). A new species of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) from Bolivia. Insecta Mundi 16(4), 251. paper 559.
Categories:
- Laemophloeidae
- Cucujoidea genera
- Cucujoidea stubs