Cryptocephalomorpha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Tribus: Pseudomorphini
Genus: Cryptocephalomorpha

Species: C. australica – C. collaris – C. gaverei – C. genieri – C. gigantea – C. indica – C. laosensis – C. maior – C. maxima – C. ovalis – C. papua
Name

Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema, 1875

Type species: Cryptocephalomorpha gaverei Ritsema, 1875 (monotypy)

References
Primary references

Ritsema, C. 1875. [Verslag van de 8ste Wintervergadering]. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 18: xcii
Baehr, M. 1997: Revision of the Pseudomorphinae of the Australian region 2. The genera Pseudomorpha Kirby, Adelotopus Hope, Cainogenion Notman, Paussotropus Waterhouse, and Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Spixiana, supplement 23: 1–508.
Baehr, M. 2009: A new and a little known species of Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema. 11th supplement to the "Revision of the Pseudomorphinae of the Australian Region." (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pseudomorphinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) (n.s.), 2: 195–199. PDF
Baehr, M. 2013: A review of the genus Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema in southern Asia with special reference to Laos (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pseudomorphinae): 13th supplement to the "Revision of the Pseudomorphinae of the Australian Region". Entomologica basiliensia et Collectionis Frey 34: 61–73. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Gómez, R.A. 2013: The Afrotropical species Cryptocephalomorpha genieri Baehr (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pseudomorphinae): Discovery and description of the male and relationships of the species. Coleopterists bulletin 67(4): 539–543. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-67.4.539 Reference page.

Links

Cryptocephalomorpha – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Cryptocephalomorpha – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Cryptocephalomorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1]

Cryptocephalomorpha australica Baehr, 1997
Cryptocephalomorpha collaris (C.O. Waterhouse, 1877)
Cryptocephalomorpha gaverei Ritsema, 1875
Cryptocephalomorpha genieri Baehr, 1997
Cryptocephalomorpha gigantea Baehr, 2002
Cryptocephalomorpha major Baehr, 1997
Cryptocephalomorpha maxima Baehr, 2009
Cryptocephalomorpha papua Darlington, 1968

One of the characteristics of the genus Cryptocephalomorpha is that the labrum is not visible but hidden under the head.[2]
References

"Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema, 1875". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011.
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Volumes 29-32, page 255