FAMILY                      Cryptocercidae Handlirsch, in Schröder 1925:488  [as subfamily; Brues & Melander 1932 as family; in Polyphaginae by Grandcolas 1994]
GENUS                              Cryptocercus Scudder, 1862:419  [type is punctulatus]
                                   [=Cryptogercus] [misspelling]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus clevelandi Byers, in Nalepa, Byers, Bandi & Sironi 1997:417  [Oregon]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus darwini Burnside, Smith & Kambhampati, 1999:372  [Alabama]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus garciai Burnside, Smith & Kambhampati, 1999:374  [Georgia]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus kyebangensis Grandcolas, in Grandcolas, Park, Choe, Piulachs, Belles, DHaese, Farine & Brossut 2001:63  [South Korea]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus matilei Grandcolas, 2000a:224  [Sichuan]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus primarius Bey-Bienko, 1938
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus primarius Bey-Bienko, 1938:237  [China (Szechuan)]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862 [type]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862:420  [USA; type]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus relictus Bey-Bienko, 1935
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus relictus Bey-Bienko, 1935:130  [Ussurigebiet, Mandschurei, China]
SPECIES                                 Cryptocercus wrighti Burnside, Smith & Kambhampati, 1999:376  [North Carolina; According to Nalepa et al., 2002, the validity of species of the C.punctulatus complex, namely, darwini, gardai, and wrighti, which are based principally on chromosomal differences, .requires stronger evidence.]