
Belongs within: Isotomidae.
Cryptopygus is a genus of isotomid springtails with the fifth and sixth abdominal segments fused, a well-developed furcula, manubrial setae, and a bidentate mucro (Christiansen & Bellinger 1980).
<==Cryptopygus Willem 1901 [incl. Hemisotoma Bagnall 1949]CB80 |--*C. antarcticus Willem 1901CB80 [incl. C. crassus Carpenter 1907W67] | |--C. a. antarcticusG86 | `--C. a. reagens Enderlein 1909G86 |--C. agreni (Börner 1903) [=Isotomina agreni]CB80 |--C. ambus Christiansen & Bellinger 1980CB80 |--C. aquae (Bacon 1914) [=Isotoma aquae]CB80 |--C. arcticus Christiansen & Bellinger 1980CB80 |--C. australis Womersley 1934W39 |--C. benhami Christiansen & Bellinger 1980CB80 |--C. bipunctatus (Axelson 1903) [=Isotoma bipunctata]CB80 |--C. caecus Wahlgren 1906G86 |--C. campbellensis Wise 1964W67 |--C. cinctusW39 |--C. cisantarcticus Wise 1967W67 |--C. coeruleogriseus (Hammer 1938) [=Isotoma coeruleogrisea]CB80 |--C. decemoculatus (Folsom 1937) (see below for synonymy)CB80 |--C. exilis (Gisin 1960)CB80 |--C. loftyensis Womersley 1934W39 |--C. nigerW39 |--C. ponticus (Stach 1947)CB80 |--C. quadrioculatus (Rapoport 1963) [=Isotomina quadrioculata]G86 |--C. similis (james 1933) [=Proisotoma similis]CB80 |--C. thermophilus (Axelson 1900) (see below for synonymy)CB80 |--C. tricuspis Enderlein 1909 [incl. Parafolsomia quadrioculata Wise 1970 non Isotomina quadrioculata Rapoport 1963]G86 `--C. triglenus Ellis 1976CB80
Cryptopygus decemoculatus (Folsom 1937) non Isotoma decemoculata Womersley 1935 (not preoc. if in dif. gen.) [=Proisotoma decemoculata non Folsomia decemoculata Mills 1935 (not preoc. if in dif. gen.)]CB80
Cryptopygus thermophilus (Axelson 1900) [=Isotoma thermophila, *Hemisotoma thermophila; incl. Proisotoma cognata Folsom 1937, P. constricta Folsom 1937, Cryptopygus orientalis, Isotomina salaymehi, Proisotoma tenelloides Folsom 1937]CB80
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[CB80] Christiansen, K., & P. Bellinger. 1980. The Collembola of North America north of the Rio Grande: A taxonomic analysis vol. 2. Families Onychiuridae and Isotomidae. Grinnell College: Grinnell (Iowa).
[G86] Greenslade, P. 1986. Additions to the collembolan fauna of Heard Island. Records of the South Australian Museum 19 (7): 91–96.
[W67] Wise, K. A. J. 1967. Collembola (springtails). Antarctic Research Series 10: 123–148.
[W39] Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia: Silverfish, springtails, and their allies. South Australian Branch of the British Science Guild: Adelaide.