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Angular fungus beetle

Cryptophagus acutangulus Gyllenhal, 1827

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The angular fungus beetle (Cryptophagus acutangulus) is a species in the family Cryptophagidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the angular fungus beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the angular fungus beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the angular fungus beetle as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Japan
  3. Slovenia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the angular fungus beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the angular fungus beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCryptophagidae
  6. genusCryptophagus
  7. SpeciesCryptophagus acutangulus Gyllenhal, 1827

Synonyms Cryptophagus heydeni, Cryptophagus prominens, Cryptophagus restrictus, Cryptophagus subcylindricus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Acute-angled fungus beetleEnglish
  • トゲムネキスイJapanese
  • 뿔가슴곡식쑤시기Korean
  • 谷隐食甲Chinese
  • 尖角隐食甲Chinese
  • 钩角隐食甲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the angular fungus beetle

Other species in the same genus Cryptophagus.

Cellar beetle

Cryptophagus cellaris

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the angular fungus beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the angular fungus beetle as introduced in 3 countries: Austria, Japan and Slovenia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the angular fungus beetle?

The angular fungus beetle (Cryptophagus acutangulus) belongs to the family Cryptophagidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{angular_fungus_beetle_2026,
  title = {Angular fungus beetle (Cryptophagus acutangulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/angular-fungus-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}