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Cryptamorpha desjardinsi

Desjardin's Flat-Beetle

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Desjardin's Flat-Beetle

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, horticultural

KEY FEATURES: Slender beetle to 3.5mmBL. COLOUR golden brown with wide dark markings on wingcovers; antennae with dark sub-terminal section of 3-4 segments.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
++

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Cryptamorpha desjardinsi (Guérin-Méneville)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; SILVANIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: A predator on pineapple mealybugs, insect larvae, etc.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen, location?, 6/2004, Al Samuelson, ID 12/2004 list as Cryptamorpha desjardinsi; fieldspecimen+photo, 2006/02, in house Upper Tupapa, G.McCormack with ID as Cryptamorpha desjardinsi based on Landcare web image.

References:
Special Reference: PM79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM06a, zD06a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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