Cryptochetum

Cryptochetum is a genus of scale parasite flies in the family Cryptochetidae. There are more than 30 described species in Cryptochetum.[5][6][7]

Cryptochetum
Cryptochetum iceryae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	Lonchaeoidea
Family:	Cryptochetidae
Genus:	Cryptochetum Róndani, 1875[1]
Type species
Cryptochetum grandicorne Róndani, 1875[1]
Synonyms
Atriangulum Bruggen, 1960[2] Cryptochaetum Williston, 1888[3] Cryptochoetum Rondani, 1875[1] Lestophonus Williston, 1888[3] Tritolestes Ghesquiere, 1943[4]

Species

These 35 species belong to the genus Cryptochetum:

• C. acuticornutum (Yang & Yang, 1998)[8]
• C. aenescens (Meijere, 1916)[9]
• C. aspidoprocti Ghesquiere, 1943[4]
• C. brachycerum Thorpe, 1941[10]
• C. brevicostatum Bruggen, 1960[2]
• C. buccatum Hendel, 1933
• C. capense Bruggen, 1960[2]
• C. chalybeum (Meijere, 1916)[9]
• C. curtipenne Knab, 1914[11]
• C. euthyiproboscise Xi & Yin, 2020[12]
• C. fastidiosum Bezzi, 1920
• C. ghanii Steyskal, 1971[13]
• C. glochidiatusum Xi & Yin, 2020[12]
• C. grandicorne Róndani, 1875[1]
• C. iceryae (Williston, 1888)[3] (cottony cushion scale parasite)
• C. idiocerum Thorpe, 1941[10]
• C. jorgepastori (Cadahia, 1984)
• C. latimanum Malloch, 1927
• C. longilingum Xi & Yin, 2020[12]
• C. medianum (Yang & Yang, 1998)[8]
• C. melan Ghesquiere, 1943[4]
• C. mineuri Séguy, 1953[14]
• C. mixtum Bruggen, 1960[2]
• C. monophlebi (Skuse, 1889)
• C. nipponense (Tokunaga, 1943)
• C. nonagintaseptem Yang & Yang, 1998[8]
• C. oocerum Thorpe, 1941[10]
• C. pariceryae Thorpe, 1941[10]
• C. shaanxiense Xi & Yang, 2015[15]
• C. smaragdinum Séguy, 1948[16]
• C. striatum Thorpe, 1941[10]
• C. tianmuense Yang & Yang, 2001
• C. tuberculatum Thorpe, 1941[10]
• C. turanicum Nartshuk, 1979
• C. utile Bruggen, 1960[2]
• C. vayssierei Ghesquière, 1950
• C. yunnanum Xi & Yang, 2015[15]
• C. zalatilabium Xi & Yang, 2015[15]

References

1. Rondani, Camillo (1875). "Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum (Muscaria Rndn.) collectae et observatae. Stirps XXIII. Agromyzinae". Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 7: 166–191. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
2. Bruggen, A.C. van (1960). "A new subgenus and four new species of Cryptochaetum Rondani (Diptera: Cryptochaetidae) from South Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 23: 286–295.
3. Williston, Samuel Wendell (1896). Manual of the families and genera of North American Diptera. Ed. 2. , (2nd ed.). New Haven: James T.Hathaway. pp. liv + 167 pp. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
4. Ghesquiere, J. (1943). "Recherches sur les Diptères d'Afrique. II. -- Notice monographique sur les Muscoides Cryptochaetidae, parasites de Coccides Monophlebinae". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 36 [1942]: 390–410.
5. "Cryptochetum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
6. "Cryptochetum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
7. "Cryptochetum genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
8. Yang, C.K.; Yang, C.Q. (1998). "The family Cryptochaetidae new to Henan, with two new species (Diptera: Acalyptratae)". Fauna and Taxonomy of Insects in Henan (in Chinese). 2: 97–99.
9. Meijere, J.C.H. de (1916). "Studien über südostasiatische Diptera XI. Zur Biologie einiger javanischen Dipteren nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen javanischen Arten". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 59: 184–213. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
10. Thorpe, W.H. (1941). "A description of six new species of the genus Cryptochaetum (Diptera-Agromyzidae) from East Africa and East Indies; together with a key to the adults of larvae of all known species". Parasitology. 33 (2): 131–148.
11. Knab, F. (1914). "On the genus Cryptochaetum (Diptera, Muscidae acalyptratae)". Insec. Inscit. menstr. 2 (3): 33–36.
12. Xi, Yuqiang; Yin, Xinming (2020). "Three new Cryptochetum Rondani, 1875 (Diptera: Cryptochetidae) from Yunnan Province, China and an identification key to Chinese species". European Journal of Taxonomy. 605: 1–15. ISSN 2118-9773. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
13. Steyskal, G.C. (1971). "The subgenus Tritolestes Ghesquiere of the genus Cryptochetum Rondani with a new species from Pakistan (Diptera: Cryptochetidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 73: 48–51. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
14. Séguy, E. (1953). "Description d'un Cryptochaetum marocain (Drosophilidae)". Encycl. Ent. (1947-1953). 11: 46.
15. Xi, Yuqiang; Yang, Ding (2015). "Three New Species of Cryptochetum Rondani from China (Diptera, Cryptochetidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 141 (1): 80–89.
16. Séguy, E. (1948). "Trois Diptères nouveaux d'Asie Orientale". Notes Ent. Chin. 12 (12): 143–147.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.