Pinodytes cryptophagoides (Mannerheim, 1852)

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2011, Systematics, distributions and bionomics of the Catopocerini (eyeless soil fungivore beetles) of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Catopocerinae) 3077, Zootaxa 3077 (1), pp. 1-118 : 38

Pinodytes cryptophagoides species group

Diagnosis. This group is defined by the following combination of characters: head and pronotal microsculpture reticulate; antennomere 7 clearly larger than 8; male protibia strongly widened apically; male protarsomeres only bearing phanerae ventrally; mesoventritesl longitudinal carina excavated anteriorly; median lobe of aedeagus elongate, strongly curved dorsoventrally; parameres strongly narrow, not reaching apex of median lobe, each bearing two apical setae.