Lyubarsky G.Yu. 2025. Long progress in taxonomy: V.I. Motschulsky collection, family Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera). Part 1. Cryptophaginae // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.34. No.2: 246–256 [in English].
Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str. 2, Moscow 125009 Russia.
Georgy Lyubarsky: lgeorgy@rambler.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-8607
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.34.2.07
ABSTRACT. Beetles of the family Cryptophagidae (subfam. Cryptophaginae) from the collection of V.I. Motschulsky stored in the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University are studied and identified. Beetles of this subfamily in the Motschulsky’s collection are represented by 9 genera and 60 species. The species unpublished by Motschulsky, but planned by him for description, are discussed. The assessment of V.I. Motschulsky's “taxonomic intuition”, how well he distinguished the species represented in his collection, is provided.
KEY WORDS: ZMMU, Caenoscelis, Cryptophagus, Micrambe, Spaniophaenus, Telmatophilus.