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Cryptocephalomorpha
Cryptocephalomorpha is a myrmecophilous genus of beetles in the family Carabidae with twelve species. One of the characteristics of the genus Cryptocephalomorpha is that the labrum is not visible but hidden under the head.
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryptocephalomorpha australica | Baehr, 1997 | ants | Australia | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha collaris | (C.O.Waterhouse, 1877) | ants | Philippines, Thailand | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha gaverei | Ritsema, 1875 | ants | Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Thailand | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha genieri | Baehr, 1997 | ants | Republic of South Africa | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha gigantea | Baehr, 2002 | ants | Indonesia (Borneo) | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha indica | Baehr, 2013 | ants | India | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha laosensis | Baehr, 2013 | ants | Laos | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha major | Baehr, 1997 | ants | Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha maxima | Baehr, 2009 | ants | Laos | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha ovalis | Baehr, 2013 | ants | Malaysia | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha papua | Darlington, 1968 | ants | Melanesia | |
| Cryptocephalomorpha siamensis | Maruyama, Komatsu & Sakchoowong, 2016 | Pheidole singaporensis | Thailand |
REFERENCES
- 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. 2005. New species and new records of Australian Pseudomorphinae. 6th supplement to the “Revision of the Pseudomorphinae of the Australian Region” (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Spixiana 28(3): 259-269.
- Darlington, P.J. & Junior. The carabid beetles of New Guinea. Part III. Harpalinae (continued): Perigonini to Pseudomorphini. -. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 137 (1): 1-253. (1968).
- Maruyama M., Komatsu T., Sakchoowong W., 2016, Host record of the myrmecophilous carabid genus Cryptocephalomorpha (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pseudomorphinae) with description of a new species from Thailand. Entomological Science, 2016.10.