Cryptochetum Explained
Cryptochetum is a genus of scale parasite flies in the family Cryptochetidae. There are more than 30 described species in Cryptochetum.
Species
These 35 species belong to the genus Cryptochetum:
- C. acuticornutum (Yang & Yang, 1998)[1]
- C. aenescens (Meijere, 1916)[2]
- C. aspidoprocti Ghesquiere, 1943
- C. brachycerum Thorpe, 1941[3]
- C. brevicostatum Bruggen, 1960
- C. buccatum Hendel, 1933
- C. capense Bruggen, 1960
- C. chalybeum (Meijere, 1916)[2]
- C. curtipenne Knab, 1914[4]
- C. euthyiproboscise Xi & Yin, 2020[5]
- C. fastidiosum Bezzi, 1920
- C. ghanii Steyskal, 1971[6]
- C. glochidiatusum Xi & Yin, 2020[5]
- C. grandicorne Rondani, 1875
- C. iceryae (Williston, 1888) (cottony cushion scale parasite)
- C. idiocerum Thorpe, 1941[3]
- C. jorgepastori (Cadahia, 1984)
- C. latimanum Malloch, 1927
- C. longilingum Xi & Yin, 2020[5]
- C. medianum (Yang & Yang, 1998)[1]
- C. melan Ghesquiere, 1943
- C. mineuri Séguy, 1953[7]
- C. mixtum Bruggen, 1960
- C. monophlebi (Skuse, 1889)
- C. nipponense (Tokunaga, 1943)
- C. nonagintaseptem Yang & Yang, 1998[1]
- C. oocerum Thorpe, 1941[3]
- C. pariceryae Thorpe, 1941[3]
- C. shaanxiense Xi & Yang, 2015[8]
- C. smaragdinum Séguy, 1948[9]
- C. striatum Thorpe, 1941[3]
- C. tianmuense Yang & Yang, 2001
- C. tuberculatum Thorpe, 1941[3]
- C. turanicum Nartshuk, 1979
- C. utile Bruggen, 1960
- C. vayssierei Ghesquière, 1950
- C. yunnanum Xi & Yang, 2015[8]
- C. zalatilabium Xi & Yang, 2015[8]
Further reading
- Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. 1987. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.
Notes and References
- Yang . C.K. . Yang . C.Q. . The family Cryptochaetidae new to Henan, with two new species (Diptera: Acalyptratae) . Fauna and Taxonomy of Insects in Henan . 1998 . 2 . 97–99 . Chinese.
- Meijere . J.C.H. de . Studien über südostasiatische Diptera XI. Zur Biologie einiger javanischen Dipteren nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen javanischen Arten . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . 1916 . 59 . 184–213 . 7 November 2020.
- Thorpe . W.H. . 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 . 1941 . 33 . 2 . 131–148.
- Knab . F. . On the genus Cryptochaetum (Diptera, Muscidae acalyptratae) . Insec. Inscit. menstr. . 1914 . 2 . 3 . 33–36.
- Xi . Yuqiang . Yin . Xinming . Three new Cryptochetum Rondani, 1875 (Diptera: Cryptochetidae) from Yunnan Province, China and an identification key to Chinese species . European Journal of Taxonomy . 2020 . 605 . 1–15 . 7 November 2020 . 2118-9773.
- Steyskal . G.C. . The subgenus Tritolestes Ghesquiere of the genus Cryptochetum Rondani with a new species from Pakistan (Diptera: Cryptochetidae) . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1971 . 73 . 48–51 . 7 November 2020.
- Séguy . E. . Description d'un Cryptochaetum marocain (Drosophilidae) . Encycl. Ent. (1947–1953) . 1953 . 11 . 46.
- Xi . Yuqiang . Yang . Ding . Three New Species of Cryptochetum Rondani from China (Diptera, Cryptochetidae) . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 2015 . 141 . 1 . 80–89.
- Séguy . E. . Trois Diptères nouveaux d'Asie Orientale . Notes Ent. Chin. . 1948 . 12 . 12 . 143–147.
