Biology:Cryptocephalomorpha

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Cryptocephalomorpha
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Pseudomorphinae
Genus: Cryptocephalomorpha
Ritsema, 1875

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

  • Cryptocephalomorpha australica Baehr, 1997 (Australia)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha collaris (C.O.Waterhouse, 1877) (Thailand and Philippines)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha gaverei Ritsema, 1875 (Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Borneo, and Philippines)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha genieri Baehr, 1997 (Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha gigantea Baehr, 2002 (Indonesia and Borneo)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha indica Baehr, 2013 (India)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha laosensis Baehr, 2013 (Laos)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha maior Baehr, 1997 (Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha maxima Baehr, 2009 (Laos)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha ovalis Baehr, 2013 (Malaysia)
  • Cryptocephalomorpha papua Darlington, 1968 (New Guinea, Papua, and the Solomon Islands)

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5190857 entry