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Cryptus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Taxonomy
Cryptus was named by Fabricius (1804). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cryptidae, Cryptini, Cryptina.

It was assigned to Piezata by Fabricius (1804); to Ichneumonidae by Heer (1849); to Cryptini by Statz (1936) and Statz (1938); and to Cryptina by Wahl (2014) and Santos (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Cryptus Fabricius p. 70
1849Cryptus Heer p. 168
1936Cryptus Statz p. 267
1938Cryptus Statz p. 78
2014Cryptus Wahl
2017Cryptus Santos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyIchneumonidae()
Ichneumoniformes
subfamilyCryptinae()
tribeCryptini
subtribeCryptina
genusCryptus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cryptus Fabricius 1804
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Cryptus antiquus Heer 1849
Cryptus capitatus Statz 1938
Cryptus delineatus Brues 1910
Cryptus morleyi Meunier 1923
Cryptus sepultus Meunier 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.20000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) C. delineatus (106384)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. sepultus (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) C. morleyi, C. capitatus (122010)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. antiquus (115305)