Caenoscelis is a genus of silken fungus beetles in the family Cryptophagidae. There are about 19 described species in Caenoscelis.[1][2][3]

Caenoscelis
Caenoscelis ferruginea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cryptophagidae
Tribe: Caenoscelini
Genus: Caenoscelis
Thomson, 1863
Synonyms[1]
  • Macrodea Casey, 1924

Species

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These 19 species belong to the genus Caenoscelis:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Caenoscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Caenoscelis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

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  • Johnson, C.; Otero, J. C.; Leschen, R. A. B. (2007). Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Family Cryptophagidae. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexiloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Vol. 4. Apollo Books. pp. 513–531. ISBN 978-87-88757-67-5.
  • Bousquet, Yves (1989). "A review of the North American genera of Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43 (1): 1–17. JSTOR 4008590.
  • Leschen, Richard A. B. (1996). "Phylogeny and Revision of the Genera of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 55 (15): 549–634. ISSN 0022-8850.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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