Creagrophorus Matthews 1887

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 57

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scientific name	Creagrophorus Matthews 1887
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Creagrophorus Matthews 1887 View in CoL

Creagrophorus Matthews 1887 View in CoL . Type species: Creagrophorus hamatus Matthews View in CoL (des. Hatch 1929: 57 (2 orig. spp.)). Revised by Wheeler 1979.

Distribution. West Indies, Mexico, Panama, Japan, India.

Biology. Feeding on fruiting bodies of puffballs (Gasteromycetes) in moist forests.

References

Hatch, M. H. 1929. Leiodidae, Clambidae. p. 1 - 100. In: S. Schenkling (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 105, W. Junk, Berlin. 100 p.

Matthews, A. 1887 - 88. Silphidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera, Vol. 2: 72 - 101.

Wheeler, Q. D. 1979. Revision and cladistics of the Middle American genus Creagrophorus Matthews (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 15: 447 - 479.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Leiodidae

Creagrophorus Matthews 1887

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce 2014

2014

Creagrophorus

Hatch, M. H. 1929: 57

1929

Specimens