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.

List of Cryptocephalomorpha and their Host Ants

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

• 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.