''Cryptamorpha'' is a widespread genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Silvanidae, which has not been comprehensively revised taxonomically. The best known species is ''
Cryptamorpha desjardinsi''. The most recently described species is ''
Cryptamorpha triregia'', from the
Three Kings Islands
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* ''Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 n ...
, New Zealand.
[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. ]
References
Silvanidae genera
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