''Cryptochetum'' is a genus of scale parasite flies in the family

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. There are more than 30 described species in ''Cryptochetum''.

Species

These 35 species belong to the genus ''Cryptochetum'': *'' C. acuticornutum'' (Yang & Yang, 1998) *'' C. aenescens'' ( Meijere, 1916) *'' C. aspidoprocti'' Ghesquiere, 1943 *'' C. brachycerum'' Thorpe, 1941 *'' C. brevicostatum'' Bruggen, 1960 *'' C. buccatum''

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, 1933 *'' C. capense'' Bruggen, 1960 *'' C. chalybeum'' ( Meijere, 1916) *'' C. curtipenne'' Knab, 1914 *'' C. euthyiproboscise'' Xi & Yin, 2020 *'' C. fastidiosum''

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, 1920 *'' C. ghanii'' Steyskal, 1971