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Cryptochile
Cryptochile, the Namaqua darkling beetles, is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cryptochile assimilis
speciesCryptochile assimilis

Cryptochile arcuata
speciesCryptochile arcuata

Cryptochile spinosa
speciesCryptochile spinosa

Cryptochile consita
speciesCryptochile consita

Cederberg Flatface Troxtokkie
speciesCryptochile montiscedris

Cryptochile echinata
speciesCryptochile echinata

Cryptochile dimorphisterna
speciesCryptochile dimorphisterna

Cryptochile maculata
speciesCryptochile maculata

Cryptochile concava
speciesCryptochile concava

Trans-Karoo Flatface Toktokkie
speciesCryptochile porosa

Cryptochile denticollis
speciesCryptochile denticollis
Cryptochile carpi
speciesCryptochile carpi
Cryptochile epistomalis
speciesCryptochile epistomalis
Cryptochile fallax
speciesCryptochile fallax
Cryptochile grossa
speciesCryptochile grossa
Cryptochile namaquana
speciesCryptochile namaquana
Cryptochile globulum
speciesCryptochile globulum
Cryptochile granulata
speciesCryptochile granulata
Cryptochile hessei
speciesCryptochile hessei
Cryptochile inflata
speciesCryptochile inflata
Cryptochile karroensis
speciesCryptochile karroensis
Cryptochile minuta
speciesCryptochile minuta
Cryptochile protibialis
speciesCryptochile protibialis
Cryptochile rotundior
speciesCryptochile rotundior
Cryptochile seripennis
speciesCryptochile seripennis
Cryptochile supramontis
speciesCryptochile supramontis
Cryptochile tessulata
speciesCryptochile tessulata
Cryptochile tomentosa
speciesCryptochile tomentosa
Cryptochile unicostata
speciesCryptochile unicostata
Cryptochile affinis
speciesCryptochile affinis
Cryptochile angulicollis
speciesCryptochile angulicollis
Cryptochile bipunctata
speciesCryptochile bipunctata
Cryptochile circulum
speciesCryptochile circulum
Cryptochile crassicollis
speciesCryptochile crassicollis
Cryptochile decorata
speciesCryptochile decorata
Cryptochile digitalis
speciesCryptochile digitalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 640688.