Cryptocanthon borgmeieri Vulcano, Pereira and Martinez 1976:523. Holotype. Not seen. Female (?); Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (Represa Rio Grande), II– III.1967 e I.1968, F.M. Oliveira, colectados em armadilha de Malaise (in col. M. Alvarenga, Rio de Janeiro). Material Examined. Brazil, 2, females: 1 paratype, Guanabara, Represa Rio Grande, III. 1967, F.M. Oliveira; 1, same locality as paratype, III.1972, F.M. Oliveira (both specimens in CMNC). Description. Dorsum very dark brown to black. Since the genus is monotypic, the generic description also characterizes the species. Remarks. Since the species is flightless, it seems odd that one or more of the specimens were taken in a malaise trap.

Published as part of Howden, Henry F. & Cook, Joyce, 2002, Paracryptocanthon, A New Canthonine Genus From Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), pp. 585-588 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (4) on page 588, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0585:PANCGF]2.0.CO;2, http://zenodo.org/record/10103325