| Archeocrypticidae | |
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| Adult (top) and larvae (bottom) ofArcheocrypticus topali | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964 |
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The familyArcheocrypticidae is a small group ofbeetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the namecryptic fungus beetles. Adults andlarvae seems to besaprophagous and are often found inplant litter.[1] Worldwide, about 10 genera and 50 species are found, most species arepantropical.Enneboeus caseyi has been recorded from the American South, Central America, and Mexico.[1] About 20 species are found in Australia, in the generaEnneboeus,Australenneboeus[2][3][4][5] andGondwanenneboeus,[5][6]Archeocrypticus,Falsoplatydema,Nothenneboeus,Sivacrypticus andWattianus.[5] They are largely absent from thePalearctic andNearctic regions.[7]
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