Genus Cryptophaea Hämäläinen, 2003

This is a small genus with only 3 described species, consisting of Cryptophaea saukra Hämäläinen, 2003 from Thailand, C. yunnanensis (Davies & Yang, 1996) from southern China and C. vietnamensis (van Tol & Rozendaal, 1995) from Vietnam and Laos. This genus was established by Hämäläinen (2003) and has the following characteristics: a small and slender thorax, narrow hyaline wings, a very long abdomen, long petiolated wings, HW slightly shorter than FW, and pterostigma of FW and HW almost identical.