Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850

Azad, Rashid, Farid, Abid, Huo, Lizhi, Ali, Habib & Wang, Xingmin, 2020, The genus Cryptogonus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species and a new record, Zootaxa 4861 (1), pp. 145-150 : 146

Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850

( Figs. 1 a–g)

Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850: 944 . Kapur, 1948: 86.

Type species: Coccinella orbicula Gyllenhal, in Schönherr, 1808 , by subsequent designation.

Diagnosis. The genus Cryptogonus can be distinguished from the other genera of Aspidimerini by the following combination of characters: clypeus covering labrum partially ( Figs. 1a , 2b , 3b ); antenna with nine antennomeres with antennal club clavate, as long as width of a scape ( Fig. 1b ); mentum large, sub-trapezoidal with small notch at midpoint of anterior margin ( Fig. 1d ); prosternum with two pair of carinae ( Fig. 1c ); fore and hind leg with trochanter and femur forming a continuous rounded line on inner margin ( Figs. 1f, g ); abdomen with six ventrites of variable lengths and abdominal post-coxal lines incomplete ( Figs. 1e , 2d , 3d ).

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Figures

FIGURE 1. Characters of genus Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850 (a–g) Cryptogonus postmedialis Kapur, 1948: (a) head (b) antenna (c) prosternum (d) labium (e) abdomen (f) foreleg (g) hind leg.

FIGURE 2. Cryptogonus bhalwalnensis Azad & Wang sp. nov.: (a) habitus, dorsal; (b) habitus, frontal; (c) habitus, lateral; (d) abdomen (male); (e) penis, lateral; (f) apex of penis; (g) tegmen, inner; (h) paramere; (i) tegmen, lateral.

FIGURE 3. Cryptogonus nepalenensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979: (a) habitus, dorsal; (b) habitus, frontal; (c) habitus, lateral; (d) abdomen (male); (e) penis, lateral; (f) apex of penis; (g) tegmen, inner; (h) tegmen, lateral.