Welcome on Cryptophagidae.de!
Previously, the world had to do without: webpages about silken fungus beetles! Now that sad state is corrected.
Cryptophagidae are distributed world-wide, but they prefer temperate regions. In the tropics, most of them live at higher altitudes.
Cryptophagidae are a small family: currently around 600 species are described, a lot of species are not yet named, and several genera need revision.
Their life history is poorly known. Presumably most of them need fungus - but not all?! Some species or genera feed on pollen or spores (rather than just eating the mould or other fungi).
Atomaria accola
Atomaria analis
Atomaria apicalis
Atomaria atricapilla
Atomaria attila
Atomaria barani
Atomaria basalis
Atomaria basicornis
Atomaria bella
Atomaria bellmanni
Atomaria bescidica
Atomaria bicolor
Atomaria bisulcata
Atomaria bulbosa
Atomaria distincta
Different Atomaria species.
You´ll find here in the next future more images, papers and informations on Cryptophagidae.
