Genus Cryptes Maskell, 1892
- Cryptes Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [21].
Type species:
Lecanium baccatum Maskell, 1892 by subsequent designation, see Cockerell, T.D.A. & Parrott, P.J. 1899. Contribution to the knowledge of the Coccidae. The Industrialist 25: 159-165, 227-237, 276-284 [161].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD)
GENERAL
Definition and characters by Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1922. A redescription of the type species of the genera of Coccidae based on species originally described by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60: 1–120, Steinweden, J.B. 1929. Bases for the generic classification of the coccoid family Coccidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 22: 197–245 and by Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp..
SYSTEMATICS
Subfamily: Eulecaniinae. Until 1922 this genus has been credited by several authors to Crawford. Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1922. A redescription of the type species of the genera of Coccidae based on species originally described by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60: 1–120 discussed the issue, showed that the genus cannot be referred to Crawford and credited it to Cockerell. Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1–206, while discussing again the authorship, were less decisive, and proposed several alternatives. It is here concluded that the author is Maskell, because this case is similar to that of Aspidoproctus (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinions and declarations, Opinion No. 268. Acceptance of the generic name Aspidoproctus (Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera) as from Newstead, 1901. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 5: 397–408) and to several other generic names in the Coccoidea which are credited to the first author who published it.
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. & Parrott, P.J. 1899. Contribution to the knowledge of the Coccidae. The Industrialist 25: 159-165, 227-237, 276-284 [161] (taxonomy)
Farrell, G.S. 1990. Redescription of Cryptes baccatus (Maskell) (Coccoidea: Coccidae), and Australian species of soft scale. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 51: 65-82 [65] (taxonomy, description)
Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [209] (catalogue)
Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411-423, 511-516, 603-615, 754-764, 1055-1064 [614] (taxonomy, description)
Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp. [197-201] (taxonomy, description)
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinions and declarations, Opinion No. 268. Acceptance of the generic name Aspidoproctus (Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera) as from Newstead, 1901. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 5: 397-408 [397] (taxonomy)
Koteja, J. 1974. On the phylogeny and classification of the scale insects (Homoptera, Coccinea) (discussion based on the morphology of the mouthparts). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 19: 267-325 [305] (taxonomy)
Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [21] (taxonomy, description)
Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1922. A redescription of the type species of the genera of Coccidae based on species originally described by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60: 1-120 [80-83] (taxonomy, description)
Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [48-49] (taxonomy)
Steinweden, J.B. 1929. Bases for the generic classification of the coccoid family Coccidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 22: 197-245 [233] (taxonomy, description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 21-Nov-2012 | 21-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jun-2012 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |