Cryptopalpus Explained

Cryptopalpus is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[1]

Species

• Cryptopalpus aequabilis (Walker, 1849)^[2]
• Cryptopalpus discalis (Brèthes, 1909)^[3]
• Cryptopalpus harpezus (Reinhard, 1952)
• Cryptopalpus marginalis (Brèthes, 1909)^[3]
• Cryptopalpus metallicus (Curran, 1947)^[4]
• Cryptopalpus nigricornis (Townsend, 1914)
• Cryptopalpus nigriventris (Macquart, 1844)
• Cryptopalpus ornatus (Macquart, 1844)
• Cryptopalpus ruber (Townsend, 1915)
• Cryptopalpus rufiventris (Macquart, 1846)^[5]
• Cryptopalpus semiater (Schiner, 1868)
• Cryptopalpus transiens (Walker, 1849)^[2]
• Cryptopalpus transversus (Walker, 1853)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 28 February 2022 . 5 March 2020.
2. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV.. 1849 . British Museum . London . [3] + 689-1172 + [2]. 20 October 2022.
3. Brethes . J. . Dipteros e Himenopteros de Mendoza. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires. 19. 85–105.
4. Curran. Charles Howard. New or little known American Tachinidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1947. 89. 45–122. 9 June 2020.
5. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1] ]. 1846 . Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts . Lille . 133–364, 20 pls . 5 December 2020.
6. Book: Walker. Frances. Diptera. Part IV, pp. 253-474, pls. 7-8. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. 1853. Van Voorst. London. 1–474.