A New Species and New Records of the GenusCrypsisWaterhouse, 1877 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Reconstitution of some tribes and genera of Lagriinae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

“…Examination of character states not discussed by Schawaller (2000 , 2007c ) and reinterpretation of female reproductive structures described in these papers support the exclusion of Falsotithassa from Lagriinae and supports its inclusion in Leiochrinini . The most evident character for excluding Falsotithassa from Lagriinae is the presence of complex sensoria on antennomeres 4–11 (Fig.…”

“… Schawaller (2000) revised Falsotithassa , providing a detailed diagnosis for this genus, and synonymized Derispiolina Kaszab, 1979 which was originally described as a tentative member of the tribe Leiochrinini ( Kaszab 1979 ). In that study, Schawaller suggested that Falsotithassa belonged in Diaperini ( Diaperinae ), but in a later paper ( Schawaller 2007c ) reinterpreted the same characters studied in his initial 2000 revision as supporting the placement of Falsotithassa in Lupropini . This placement is adopted in the recent generic catalog of Tenebrionidae ( Bouchard et al 2021 ).…”

“…This arrangement is only known to occur in Leiochrinini and Nilionini ( Doyen et al 1990 ; Matthews and Bouchard 2008 ). The main characters used by Schawaller (2000 , 2007c ) in placing Falsotithassa in Diaperini was the presence of a capsular spermatheca (“check valve”), a character that is only known to occur in Diaperini and Nilionini ( Tschinkel and Doyen 1980 ; Aloquio and Lopes-Andrade 2016 ). New dissections of specimens identified as Falsotithassa sumatrana by Schawaller, and matched with the holotype, show a large thin-walled balloon-like spermathecae (Figs 77 , 78 ).…”