Genus Cryptoholcocerus Yakovlev, 2006

Yakovlev, 2006: 61, 68.

Type species: Cossus mongolicus Erschoff in Alpheraky, 1882. Designation by monotypy.

Cryptoholcocerus mongolicus (Erschoff in Alpheraky, 1882) (Figs 20, 102) Cossus mongolicus Erschoff in Alpheraky, 1882: 33.

Type locality: Kouldja [NW China, Kuldzha].

Type material probably lost.

Distribution: SE Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, NW China (Yakovlev 2006a; 2011).

Reported for Badakhshan, Barak and Sarobi (Daniel 1964).

Habitat and biology. Flight period: July −September. Altitude: 1100−1600 m (Daniel 1964). Material examined: male, NO Afghanistan, Badakhshan, Barak, 1600 m, 23.0 7.1957, leg. G. Ebert (ZSSM); male, Kabul, 1800 m, 4.0 7.1963, Omoto (ZSSM); 2 males, Badakhschan, Bela-Kuran, 2900 m, 12.0 7.1963, Omoto leg. (ZSSM); male, Sarobi (O. Afghanistan), 1100 m, 27.0 8.1961, leg. Ebert (ZSSM).