Introduction. The name of each listed species is followed by up to five sources that report the species as occurring in Michigan. Sources in all upper-case letters refer to specific insect collections: MSU-ARC refers to material held by the Michigan State University Arthropod Research Collection (data provided by G. Parsons). All others refer to collection data extracted from the Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) database online at https://scan-bugs.org/.  See the Methods page for a list of abbreviations and associated collections.

Species names preceded by a single '?' are considered probable (for occurring in Michigan) but uncertain records. Those preceded by '??' are considered possible but unlikely to occur in Michigan. Species that are fully accepted as having valid Michigan records are unmarked.  Species reported in the literature that we consider to be erroneous Michigan records are in a separate list following the others.

CRYPTOPHAGIDAE

2 subfamilies, 2 tribes, 7 genera, 27 species

Subfamily Atomariinae

Tribe Atomariini

Atomaria ephippiata Zimmermann, 1869: Andrews (1923), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC      

Atomaria fuscata (Schönherr, 1808): Majka et al. (2010), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC      

Atomaria nigrirostris Stephens, 1830: Casey (1900), Downie and Arnett (1996)      

Atomaria patens (Casey, 1900): Casey (1900), Downie and Arnett (1996)      

?Atomaria pumilio (Casey, 1900): SI:NMNH, Casey (1900) (Lk Superior)      

??Atomaria subnitens (Casey, 1900): SI:NMNH       

Ephistemus globulus (Paykull, 1798): Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Ruesink and Parsons (2022), MSU-ARC; known in ON & ne U.S., MSU-ARC has 4 specimens from Midland Co.

?Tisactia subglabra Casey, 1900: Andrews (1916); described from IN and known from WI, MI record needs confirmation

Tisactia undescribed sp.: MSU-ARC; 1 specimen in MSU-ARC from Kalamazoo Co., ID by R. Leschen. Differs from T. subglabra in having conspicuous pubescence on both the pronotum and elytra.

Subfamily Cryptophaginae

Tribe Cryptophagini

Antherophagus convexulus LeConte, 1863: Ruesink and Parsons (2022), MSU-ARC; 1 specimen in MSU-ARC from Midland Co.

Antherophagus ochraceus Melsheimer, 1844: Husband and Brown (1976), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC      

Cryptophagus acutangulus Gyllenhal, 1827: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), MSU-ARC      

Cryptophagus cellaris (Scopoli, 1763): Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878)      

Cryptophagus corticinus Thomson, 1863: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Downie and Arnett (1996)      

Cryptophagus croceus Zimmermann, 1869: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Downie and Arnett (1996), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC      

Cryptophagus dentatus (Herbst, 1793): Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC      

Cryptophagus difficilis Casey, 1900: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Downie and Arnett (1996)      

?Cryptophagus histricus Casey, 1900: Ruesink and Parsons (2022), MSU-ARC; MSU-ARC specimen IDed by G.E. Woodroffe, verified by WGR, said to be a southern & western sp. (plus IN in D&A), possibly accidental or mislabeled.

??Cryptophagus nodulangulus Zimmermann, 1869: Hubbard and Schwarz (1878); a poorly known sp., LeConte (1869) says it occurs in the middle & southern states

Cryptophagus pilosus Gyllenhal, 1827: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961)      

Cryptophagus setulosus Sturm, 1845: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Leng (1920), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC      

Cryptophagus subfumatus Kraatz, 1856: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Downie and Arnett (1996)      

Cryptophagus valens Casey, 1900: Woodroffe and Coombs (1961), Husband and Brown (1976), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC      

Henoticus mycetoecus (Park, 1929): Haack and Ruesink (2020)      

Henoticus serratus (Gyllenhal, 1808): Downie and Arnett (1996), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC      

Henotiderus centromaculatus Reitter, 1877: Ruesink and Parsons (2022), MSU-ARC      

Telmatophilus americanus LeConte, 1863: Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC      

The following species was reported from Michigan, but we consider it to be adventive, a misidentification or other error:

Myrmedophila americana (LeConte, 1879): CHAS:ENT; a western sp.; should not occur in MI

This family list was last updated: April 14, 2022