Cryphalini Lindemann, 1877

=Cryphaloideae Lindemann, 1877: 165.

=Cryphalidae Eichhoff, 1878b: 107.

= Cryphalini Weise, 1883: 181 .

=Cryphali Blandford, 1898: 185.

= Cryphalinae Trédl, 1907: 40 .

=Cryphalina Balachowsky, 1949: 200.

Type of tribe

Cryphalus Erichson, 1836 .

Diagnosis

Tarsi with third segment bilobed. Eye emarginated. Antennal funicle with 3–5 segments. Antennal club with sutures and no septum. Hypomeron with bifurcating setae. Postnotum not fused with metanotum. Aedeagus with long penis apodemes, sometimes fused at apex, with a complete tegmen. Tegmen with pair of apodemes.

Female

See description of Cryphalus below.

Distribution

Eurasia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Oceania, North America, Central America (introduced), South America (introduced).

Remarks

The concept of Cryphalini is narrowly described, approximately following the group limits of Nüsslin (1911b) (including Cryphalus and excluding Ernoporus and Trypophloeus).

Included genera

Cryphalus Erichson, 1836 .