Cryptochile

Cryptochile
	Cryptochile echinata Fabricius JC 1781 (Gifberg, Namaqualand, South Africa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Cryptochilini
Subtribe:	Cryptochilina
Genus:	Cryptochile; Latreille in Cuvier, 1829
Species
	Cryptochile affinis (Haag, 1872); Cryptochile assimilis (Solier, 1840); Cryptochile consita (Haag, 1872); Cryptochile costata (Fabricius, 1801); Cryptochile echinata (Fabricius, 1781); Cryptochile elegans (Gerstaecker, 1854); Cryptochile granulata (Haag, 1872); Cryptochile grossa (Erichson, 1843); Cryptochile maculata (Fabricius, 1781); Cryptochile tomentosa (Herbst, 1799);

Cryptochile, the Namaqua darkling beetles, is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.

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Cryptochile

Cryptochile echinata Fabricius JC 1781 (Gifberg, Namaqualand, South Africa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Cryptochilini
Subtribe:	Cryptochilina
Genus:	Cryptochile Latreille in Cuvier, 1829^[1]
Species
Cryptochile affinis (Haag, 1872) Cryptochile assimilis (Solier, 1840) Cryptochile consita (Haag, 1872) Cryptochile costata (Fabricius, 1801) Cryptochile echinata (Fabricius, 1781) Cryptochile elegans (Gerstaecker, 1854) Cryptochile granulata (Haag, 1872) Cryptochile grossa (Erichson, 1843) Cryptochile maculata (Fabricius, 1781) Cryptochile tomentosa (Herbst, 1799)