Cryptochetum

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Cryptochetidae
Genus: Cryptochetum
Species (32): C. acuticornutum – C. aenescens – C. aspidoprocti – C. brachycerum – C. brevicostatum – C. buccatum – C. capense – C. chalybeum – C. curtipenne – C. fastidiosum – C. ghanii – C. grandicorne – C. iceryae – C. idiocerum – C. jorgepastori – C. latimanum – C. medianum – C. melan – C. mineuri – C. mixtum – C. monophlebi – C. nipponense – C. nonagintaseptem – C. oocerum – C. pariceryae – C. smaragdinum – C. striatum – C. tianmuense – C. tuberculatum – C. turanicum – C. utile – C. vayssierei

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist
Name

Cryptochetum Rondani, 1875

Synonyms

Lestophonus Williston, 1888
Original status: valid genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Lestophonus iceryae Williston, 1888
Fixation: monotypy

References

Williston, S.W. 1888: An Australian parasite of Icerya purchasi. Insect life, 1: 21–22. BHL

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

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.
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.
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.
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.
"Cryptochetum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Cryptochetum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Cryptochetum genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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.
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.
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.
Knab, F. (1914). "On the genus Cryptochaetum (Diptera, Muscidae acalyptratae)". Insec. Inscit. menstr. 2 (3): 33–36.
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.
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.
Séguy, E. (1953). "Description d'un Cryptochaetum marocain (Drosophilidae)". Encycl. Ent. (1947-1953). 11: 46.
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.

Séguy, E. (1948). "Trois Diptères nouveaux d'Asie Orientale". Notes Ent. Chin. 12 (12): 143–147.