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Cryptochile
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Cryptochile

Cryptochile, the Namaqua darkling beetles, is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.

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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

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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.