Bothrideres cryptus
Species of beetle
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Bothrideres cryptus is a species of dry bark beetle in the family Bothrideridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] This beetle can be found under the dry bark of dead oaks, where it parasitizes cerambycid larvae of the genus Parelaphidion. [4]
| Bothrideres cryptus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Bothrideridae |
| Genus: | Bothrideres |
| Species: | B. cryptus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bothrideres cryptus Stephan, 1989 | |