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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Cryptophagidae Sub Family   Description   Background to Family   Very small beetles with a wide range of habits, but largely occurring in decaying plant or fungal material. The genus Telmatophilus (Telmatophilinae) is associated with wetland plants; among the Cryptophaginae there are species associated with stored products and fungi on old trees; and among the Atomariinae, species associated with conifers.     No. taxa in DBIF   21 No. interactions   32 % interactions with British data   94% No. records   38 % taxa with British data   95% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1985 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:86 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :125 Source   Coombs, C.W. & Woodroffe, G.E.(1955) Trans. r. ent. Soc. Lond. 106 237-282:262 Source   Cochrane, J. & Thornhill, W.A.(1987) Ann. appl. Biol. 110 231-238:232 Source   Coombs, C.W. & Woodroffe, G.E.(1955) Trans. r. ent. Soc. Lond. 106 237-282:250 Source   Dunning, R.A.(1973) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. :589 1-5:2 Source   Dunning, R.A.(1973) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. :589 1-5:3 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:97 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:94 Source   Coombs, C.W. & Woodroffe, G.E.(1955) Trans. r. ent. Soc. Lond. 106 237-282:251 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :5 Source   Coombs, C.W. & Woodroffe, G.E.(1955) Trans. r. ent. Soc. Lond. 106 237-282:255 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :2 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :8 Source   Crowson, R.A.(1985) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 121 206-206:206 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:92 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :7 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:87 Source   Lohse, G.A., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1967) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 55. Familie Cryptophagidae 7 110-158:154 Source   Lohse, G.A., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1967) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 55. Familie Cryptophagidae 7 110-158:112 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:96