Lethrus (Scelolethrus) crypticus Kral & Olexa 1996
Creators: name: Bezděk, Aleš
name: Hájek, Jiří
name: Ascr, Biology Centre
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Geotrupidae
Lethrus
Lethrus crypticus

description: Lethrus (Scelolethrus) crypticus Král & Olexa, 1996   
 Lethrus (Scelolethrus) crypticus Král & Olexa, 1996: 59, Figs. 20–21, 24–26.   
The holotype and 11 paratypes (including the allotype) are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. D.  
Král):  
HOLOTYPE (J): ‘ Turkmenistan / Firjuza-Vščelje / 12.4. 1988 / M. Kafka lgt. [hw] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / HOLOTYPUS J / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Turkmenistan / Firjuza-Vščelje / 12.4. 1988 / M. Kafka lgt. [hw] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / ALLOTYPUS ♀ / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (J): ‘ Turkmenistan / Firjuza-Vščelje / 12.4. 1988 / M. Kafka lgt. [hw] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 1 J / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (J): ‘ Turkmenistan / Firjuza-Vščelje / 12.4. 1988 / M. Kafka lgt. [hw] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS NO. 3 J / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (♀): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden / 14.4.1990 / R. Dunda lgt. [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 38 ♀ / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (J): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden / 14.4.1990 / R. Dunda lgt. [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 26 J / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (J): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden / 14.4.1990 / R. Sauer lgt. [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 43 J / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (♀): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden (Kov-Ata) / 19.- 21.4.1989 / R. Dunda lgt [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 18 ♀ / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (♀): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden / 14.4.1990 / R. Sauer lgt. [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 51 ♀ / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (♀): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden / 14.4.1990 / R. Sauer lgt. [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 52 ♀ / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (♀): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden / 14.4.1990 / R. Sauer lgt. [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 53 ♀ / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
PARATYPE (♀): ‘USSR-Turkmenia / Bacharden / 14.4.1990 / R. Sauer lgt. [p] // Lethrus (Scelolethrus) / crypticus sp.n. / PARATYPUS No. 54 ♀ / David Král & Aldo Olexa det. 1995 [p, red label]’.  
 Current status. Valid species.
description: Published as part of Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2009, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 297-332 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1) on pages 304-305, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5319147