Cryptarcha strigata (Nitidulidae: Cryptarchini) - atlas of sap beetles of Russia

A.G. Kirejtshuk

Family Nitidulidae (atlas of sap beetles of Russia)    Tribe Cryptarchini C.G. Thomson, 1859    Genus Cryptarcha Shuckard, 1839 Cryptarcha strigata (Fabricius, 1787) Synonymy: verbasci Thunberg, 1794; graphicus Schrank, 1796; lateralis C.R. Sahlberg, 1820; quadrisignata Kuester, 1845; punctatissima Boieldieu, 1859; circassica Reitter, 1887; ? okinawaensis Hisamatsu, 19 ??. Distribution: boreal transpalaearctic specie (…). Biology: ... Body length: 2.8 - 4.6 mm

Cryptarcha strigata - Germany, specimen from collection of ZIN RAS (photo by A. Herrmann)

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