''Cyptocephala'' is a genus of
shield bugs
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described by
Berg
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in 1883. They range from North to South America.
Range
The United States of America, Mexico, and South America.
Species
There are six known species of ''Cyptocephala''.
''
Cyptocephala alvarengai'' (Rolston, 1986)
''
Cyptocephala antiguensis'' (Westwood, 1837)
''
Cyptocephala bimini'' (Ruckes, 1952)
''
Cyptocephala cogitabunda'' (Berg, 1883)
''
Cyptocephala elegans'' (Malloch, 1919)
''
Cyptocephala pallida'' (Rolston, 1986)
Taxonomy
Carlos Berg
Carlos Berg (, ) or Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg (, ) (21 March 1843, Courland – 19 January 1902 Buenos Aires) was an Argentine naturalist and entomologist of Latvian and Baltic German origin.
Having worked a few years in trade, he moved to ...
proposed the genus ''Cyptocephala'' for a small, uncommon and previously unknown
pentatomid, ''
Cyptocephala cogitabunda'', in 1883.
The genus remained
monotypic
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until 1984, when Rolston and McDonald transferred four nominal species from the genus ''
Thyanta'' (Stål) to ''Cyptocephala''. These species were described originally as ''Pentatoma antiguensis'' (Westwood, 1837), ''Thyanta bimini'' (Ruckes, 1952), ''Thyanta'' ''elegans'' (Malloch, 1919), and ''Thyanta (Parathyanta) elegantula'' (Jensen-Haarup, 1928). Two new species are now added to the genus and ''C. elegantula'' is placed in the synonymy of ''C. cogitabunda''.
References
External links
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Pentatomidae genera
Pentatomini
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