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Cryptognatha Mulsant 1850

Description

Cryptognatha Mulsant, 1850

Cryptognatha Mulsant, 1850: 497; Crotch, 1874: 206; Chapuis, 1876: 236; Horn, 1895: 82; Korschefsky, 1931: 218; Blackwelder, 1945: 449; Gordon, 1971a: 183; 1987: 26; González et al., 2019: 4.

Type species: Cryptognatha auriculata Mulsant, 1850; by subsequent designation of Crotch (1874).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Norte; Pernambuco; Bahia; Alagoas; Sergipe.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Cryptognatha amabilis Gorham, 1897; Cryptognatha auriculata Mulsant, 1850 [new record for Brazil] (Fig. 19); Cryptognatha celia González & Hanley, 2019; Cryptognatha reedi Crotch, 1874; Cryptognatha shelia González & Hanley, 2019.

Material examined. Cryptognatha auriculata: “ Sergipe – AJU\ I-II/ 1983\ J.M.S. Ferreira col.” [handwritten white label] “ Cryptognatha / auriculata / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [DZUP 289974]; “ Sergipe – AJU\ I-II/ 1983\ J.M.S. Ferreira col.” [handwritten white label] “ Cryptognatha / sp./ det. R.Gordon 85” [partially handwritten white label] “ Cryptognatha / auriculata / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 2 ex. [DZUP 289973].

Comments. The genus Cryptognatha has now twelve species occurring in Brazil, with C. auriculata being the fifth species recorded for NE Brazil (González et al. 2019).

Notes

Published as part of Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, pp. 451-495 in Zootaxa 5728 (3) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17894971

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Mulsant
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Cryptognatha
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cryptognatha Mulsant, 1850 sec. Duarte-De-Mélo, Almeida & Lima, 2025

References

  • Mulsant, E. (1850) Species des Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, Lyon, 2 (2), 1-1104. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8953
  • Crotch, G. R. (1874) A revision of the coleopterous family Coccinellidae. E. W. Janson, London, xv + 311 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8975
  • Chapuis, F. (1876) Famille des Erotyliens, des Endomychides et des Coccinellides. In: Lacordaire, J. T. & Chapuis, F. (Eds.), Histoire naturelle des insects, Genera des coleopteres, ou expose methodique et critique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Tome XII. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, pp. 1-265. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8864
  • Horn, G. H. (1895) Studies in Coccinellidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 22 (2), 81-114.
  • Korschefsky, R. (1931) Pars 118. Coccinellidae. I. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1-225.
  • Blackwelder, R. E. (1945) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185, i - iv + 343-550. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.185.3
  • Gordon, R. D. (1971 a) A generic review of the Cryptognathini, new tribe, with a description of a new genus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 26 (12), 181-196.
  • Gordon, R. D. (1987) A catalogue of the Crotch collection of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology, 3, 1-46.
  • Gonzalez, G., Hanley, G. A. & Gordon, R. D. (2019) South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XIX: overview of Cryptognathini and systematic revision of South American Cryptognatha Mulsant. Insecta Mundi, 714, 1-32.