CreatureData

Cryptophagus decoratus

Status not recordedbeetles

Cryptophagus decoratus is a species in the family Cryptophagidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Taiwan.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about Cryptophagus decoratus

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Cryptophagus decoratus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Cryptophagus decoratus is listed for 1 country.

Taiwan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptophagus decoratus 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 Cryptophagus decoratus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCryptophagidae
  6. genusCryptophagus
  7. SpeciesCryptophagus decoratus Reitter, 1874
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • クロモンキスイJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptophagus decoratus

Other species in the same genus Cryptophagus.

Cellar beetle

Cryptophagus cellaris

CryptophagidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCryptophagus decoratus vs Cellar beetleCryptophagus decoratus vs Angular fungus beetleCryptophagus decoratus vs Sigmoid fungus beetleCryptophagus decoratus vs Cryptophagus alexagrestis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Cryptophagus decoratus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Cryptophagus decoratus for 1 country: Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Cryptophagus decoratus?

Cryptophagus decoratus (Cryptophagus decoratus) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cryptophagus decoratus (Cryptophagus decoratus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptophagus-decoratus

MLA

“Cryptophagus decoratus (Cryptophagus decoratus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptophagus-decoratus.

BibTeX
@misc{cryptophagus_decoratus_2026,
  title = {Cryptophagus decoratus (Cryptophagus decoratus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptophagus-decoratus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}