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Cryptamorpha desjardinsii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Silvanidae |
| Tribe: | Telephanini |
| Genus: | Cryptamorpha |
| Species: | C. desjardinsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptamorpha desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
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Cryptamorpha desjardinsii, known generally as the Desjardin's beetle or Desjardin's flat beetle, is a species of silvanid flat bark beetle in the family Silvanidae.[1] It was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844 and originally named Psammoechus desjardinsii.[2] It is native to tropical Asia but is now found in many countries in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and Oceania including in Australia and New Zealand.[3]
Description
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A small beetle with regular black markings on the elytra. It varies in size from 4 to 5mm.[3]
Range
[edit]Although native to tropical Asia the range of this species is now cosmopolitan.[4] It can be found in many countries in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and Oceania.[5] It was introduced to New Zealand via Australia.[3]
Host species
[edit]This insect feeds on mildews and moulds found on plants. It has been commonly observed on flax.[6]
Etymology
[edit]It is likely that the beetle was named for Julien Desjardins, the French zoologist, as he was known to Guérin-Méneville. Guérin became the safekeeper of his documents after his untimely death.[7]
References
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- ^ a b "Cryptamorpha desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)". Cucujoidea World Catalog. 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ Guérin-Méneville, Félix Édouard (1844). Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou, Représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus et souvent non encore figurées de chaque genre d'animaux : avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science : ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas a tous les traites de zoologie (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: Chez J.B. Baillière. p. 196. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10331.BHL page 27814506
- ^ a b c "Desjardin's beetle". Manaaki Whenua. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "Desjardin's Beetle". bugguide.net. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "Cryptamorpha desjardinsi (Desjardins's Flat Beetle)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ S. D. J. Brown; J. W. M. Marris; R. A. B. Leschen (March 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. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.649706. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54582588.
- ^ Monod T. (1976). L'ichthyologie à l'île Maurice de 1829 à 1846 : autour de Julien Desjardins (1799-1840). In : Guézé P. (dir.). Biologie marine et exploitation des ressources de l'Océan Indien occidental. Paris : ORSTOM, p. 11-37. (Travaux et Documents de l'ORSTOM ; 47). Biologie Marine et Exploitation des Ressources de l'Océan Indien Occidental : Colloque Commerson, Saint-Denis (RE), 1973/10/16-24. ISBN 2-7099-0387-3.
Further reading
[edit]- Löbl, Ivan (2007). Löbl, Ivan (ed.). Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera / ed. by I. Löbl. & A. Smetana. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-67-5.