Cryptognatha Mulsant, 1850 Cryptognatha Mulsant, 1850: 497; Crotch, 1874: 206; Chapuis, 1876: 236; Horn, 1895: 82; Korschefsky, 1931: 218; Blackwelder, 1945: 449; Gordon, 1971a: 183; 1987: 26; González et al., 2019: 4. Type species: Cryptognatha auriculata Mulsant, 1850; by subsequent designation of Crotch (1874). Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Norte; Pernambuco; Bahia; Alagoas; Sergipe. Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Cryptognatha amabilis Gorham, 1897; Cryptognatha auriculata Mulsant, 1850 [new record for Brazil] (Fig. 19); Cryptognatha celia González & Hanley, 2019; Cryptognatha reedi Crotch, 1874; Cryptognatha shelia González & Hanley, 2019. Material examined. Cryptognatha auriculata: “ Sergipe – AJU\ I-II/ 1983\ J.M.S. Ferreira col.” [handwritten white label] “ Cryptognatha / auriculata / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [DZUP 289974]; “ Sergipe – AJU\ I-II/ 1983\ J.M.S. Ferreira col.” [handwritten white label] “ Cryptognatha / sp./ det. R.Gordon 85” [partially handwritten white label] “ Cryptognatha / auriculata / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 2 ex. [DZUP 289973]. Comments. The genus Cryptognatha has now twelve species occurring in Brazil, with C. auriculata being the fifth species recorded for NE Brazil (González et al. 2019).

Published as part of Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, pp. 451-495 in Zootaxa 5728 (3) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17894971