Cryptorhopalum

Guérin-Méneville, 1838

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Cryptorhopalum is a of skin beetles ( Dermestidae) known only from the Americas, ranging from North to South America. The genus includes both extant and fossil , with several species preserved in amber. The stages of at least one species, C. triste, have been described in detail.

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Pronunciation

How to pronounce Cryptorhopalum: //ˌkrɪptoʊˈrəʊpələm//

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Distribution

North America to South America. Fossil known from Dominican and Baltic amber deposits.

Life Cycle

Larval and pupal stages have been described for C. triste; rearing methods have been developed for this .

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Fossil record

The includes a distinct fossil group 'electron' comprising five species preserved in amber: C. ambericum, C. dominicanum, C. electron, C. jantaricum, C. kaliki, and C. macieji. These span Dominican amber (Miocene) and Baltic amber (Eocene) deposits.

Taxonomic history

established by Guérin-Méneville in 1838. Contains both extant and extinct , with fossil described primarily by Háva, Prokop, Poinar, and Beal between 1972 and 2015.