Cryptophaea, Hämäläinen, 2003

Orr, Albert G. W., 2024, A review of present knowledge of larvae of the Calopterygoidea (Zygoptera) of the Oriental realm, including keys to families and known genera, Zootaxa 5497 (2), pp. 209-243 : 234

Cryptophaea

The genus is known from three species occurring in northern Indochina, Thailand and southern China. The larva of one species, C. vietnamensis (van Tol & Rosendaal) , originally placed in Bayadera , has been confirmed by breeding and is presently being described (T.S. Keetapithchayakul pers comm.). I refrain from pre-empting the results of that study. However it may be noted that this species does share clear synapomorphies with Bayadera spp. , which it resembles closely, but is nevertheless distinct from known members of that genus.