Cryptamorpha

Cryptamorpha is a widespread genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae, which has not been 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]

Cryptamorpha
Cryptamorpha desjardinsi mating
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Cryptamorpha

Wollaston, 1854

References

  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


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