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Cryptamorpha

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Cryptamorpha
Cryptamorpha desjardinsi mating
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silvanidae
Tribe: Telephanini
Genus: Cryptamorpha
Wollaston, 1854

Cryptamorpha is a widespread genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae, which has not been comprehensively revised taxonomically. The best known species is Cryptamorpha desjardinsi. The most recently described species is Cryptamorpha triregia, from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, S.D.J.; Marris, J.W.M.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2012: Review of New Zealand Cryptamorpha (Coleoptera: Silvanidae), with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 35(1): 29-38. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.649706