Townes' 1962 revision covers the tribe Mesostenini — the tribe now called Cryptini — in detail, and places it with a key to the tribes of what he called Gelinae. Of those tribes, Gelini is the subfamily Phygadeuontinae today, while Hemigasterini and Mesostenini are both Cryptinae. Species keys are on the respective genus pages.
The species key below is placed here rather than on a genus page because the group Townes and Townes treated as Trachysphyrus is now divided among Meringopus, Buathra and Cryptus.
Top genera by species richness.
Authors ranked by number of valid species described.
For each genus, species originally described there (blue) vs. transferred in from another genus (orange). Percentage shown inside orange bar when space allows.
Valid species vs. synonyms per genus. Color indicates synonymy ratio (blue = low, red = high). Hover a point for details.
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