Cryptotis Pomel, 1848

Woodman, Neal & Timm, Robert M, 2023, Cryptotis nigrescens (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), Mammalian Species 55 (1035), pp. 1-11 : 1-2

Cryptotis Pomel, 1848

Cryptotis Pomel, 1848:249 . Proposed as a subgenus of

Musaraneus Pomel, 1848 . Type Species Musaraneus

(Cryptotis) cinereus ( Bachman, 1837) = Sorex cinereus

Bachman, 1837 = Sorex parvus Say, 1822 = ( Cryptotis parvus ), by monotypy.

Galemys Pomel, 1848:249 . Part; preoccupied by Galemys Kaup,

1829, a talpid.

Brachysorex : Pomel, 1848:249. Part; not Brachysorex Duvernoy,

1842. Fig. 1. —External view of an adult Cryptotis nigrescens from Zarcero Musaraneus Pomel, 1848:249 . Part; not Musaraneus Brisson, Pueblo Nuevo , Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. Photograph by Diego 1762, which is unavailable (ICZN 1998); Musaraneus Salas Solano ; used with permission.

Pomel, 1848 is a junior synonym of Crocidura Wagler, 1832 (Woodman, 2004).

Blarina : Baird, 1857:48. Part; not Blarina Gray, 1838 .

Cryptotus Milne-Edwards, 1872:256 . Incorrect subsequent spelling of Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 .

Soriciscus Coues, 1877:649. Type species “ Sorex parvus Say or S. cinereus Bachm [an]” = Sorex parvus Say, 1822 (= Cryptotis parvus ) and Blarina floridana Merriam, 1895 (= Cryptotis floridanus ), respectively, by original designation. Proposed as a subgenus of Blarina Gray, 1838 .

Sorieiscus Elliot, 1901:382. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Soriciscus Coues, 1877.

Cryptotis : Miller, 1911:221. First use of the name as a genus.

Cryptotys Saban, in Piveteau, 1958:846. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 .

Xenosorex Schaldach, 1966:289 . Type species Notiosorex phillipsii Schaldach, 1966 (= Cryptotis phillipsii ), by original designation. Proposed as a subgenus of Notiosorex Coues, 1877 .

Criptotis Durant and Péfaur, 1984:6. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 .

CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Eulipotyphla , family Soricidae , subfamily Soricinae , tribe Blarinini , genus Cryptotis ( Hutterer 2005; Woodman 2018). The genus Cryptotis , which included 12 recognized species in 1974 ( Choate and Fleharty 1974), now includes 56 recognized species ( Woodman 2018, 2019; Guevara 2023; Woodman 2023b). Although historically treated as feminine in gender ( Miller 1912; Miller and Kellogg 1955; Hall and Kelson 1959; Hall 1981), a ruling by ICZN (2006) determined Cryptotis should be treated as a masculine noun.