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......Cryptogenius Westwood, 1845
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Scarabaeoidea Hybosoridae Anaidinae |
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Cryptogenius
fryi Arrow. |
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| Anaidinae Ceratocanthinae Hybosorinae Liparochrinae Pachyplectrinae |
Distribution: Cryptogenius is a Neotropical genus, and its species are distributed in Central and South America. Its distribution includes Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, and Brazil. Specimens of Cryptogenius species have been collected in the lowlands and up to 2,800 m in elevation. Species are primarily found in mid-elevation tropical forests between 10° N and 27° S latitudes.
Composition: 2 species
Revision: Ocampo, F. C. 2006. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Scarab Family Hybosoridae and Monographic Revision of the New World Subfamily Anaidinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol. 19. 210pp.
Natural history: Specimens of Cryptogenius species were collected under bark and in leaf litter. Krikken (1975) found a large amount of fungal material, including hyphomycetes, in the alimentary tract of adult Cryptogenius specimens. This confirmis the function of mycangium on the ventral side of the mandibular mola.
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