Cryptoglossini

Blue Death Feigning Beetle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cryptoglossini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least three genera in Cryptoglossini, found in North America.[1][2][3][4]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Cryptoglossini
Asbolus verrucosus, Blue death-feigning beetle
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Cryptoglossini
LeConte, 1862
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Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Cryptoglossini[2]

  • Asbolus LeConte, 1851
  • Cryptoglossa Solier, 1837 (death-feigning beetles)
  • Schizillus Horn, 1874

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