Cryptops mauritianus
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Ordo: Scolopendromorpha
Familia: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Name
Cryptops mauritianus Verhoeff, 1939 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cryptops mauritianus Verhoeff, 1939[1] Zool. Jb. (Syst.) 72: 94, Table 5, figs 23–26.
- Cryptops mauritianus : Lewis, 2002[2] J. Nat Hist. 36: 91, figs 22–35.
Diagnosis
Length: 15–32 mm. With dark subcuticular pigment.
Cephalic plate with or without very short posterior paramedian sutures. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite almost straight with (3) 4 or 5 long submarginal setae on each side (Fig. 68). Not each side with 3+4–4+5 as stated by Lewis (2002)[2] in his diagnosis. Poison gland calyx ovoid, situated in anterior quarter of trochanteroprefemur. Posterior margin of sternite 21 straight. Coxopleural pore field occupying no more than anterior 70% of coxopleuron, with 33–65 pores and several minute setae in pore field (Fig. 69). With 5–8 tibial and 3–4 tarsal saw teeth. Legs 1–20 with 2 minute pretarsal accessory spurs (Fig. 70).
Distribution
Mauritius (SW Indian Ocean)
Remarks
Lewis (2002)[2] wrote “the small individuals …are very similar to [Mauritian] Cryptops decoratus [sensu Lewis] from which they may be distinguished by their minute tarsal claws [should have read minute pretarsal accessory spurs] a minor but consistent character, and incomplete tergite sulci”. In a specimen of 10.5 mm the posterior margin of sternite 21 is rounded rather than straight. The Mauritius “Cryptops decoratus”is synonymised under Cryptops melanotypus in this paper (see below).
Taxon Treatment
- Lewis, J; 2011: A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha journal of myriapodology/ International Journal of Myriapodology, 4: 11-50. doi
Other References
- ↑ Verhoeff K (1939) Chilopopden der Insel Mauritius. Zoologischer Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 72: 71–98 + tables 4 & 5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lewis J (2002) The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Journal of Natural History 36:79-106. doi:10.1080/00222930110098508
Images
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![Figures 66–77. Cryptops lobatus. 6. Forcipular coxosternite and right forcipule (after Verhoeff 1931[1]) 67 Ultimate leg coxopleuron (after Iorio and Geoffroy 2008[2]). Cryptops mauritianus. 68 Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite (after Lewis 2002[3]) 69 Left coxopleuron (after Lewis 2002[3]) 70 Pretarsus leg 4 (after Lewis 2002[3]). Cryptops melanotypus holotype 71 Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite 72 Ultimate leg tibial and tarsal saw teeth 73 Pretarsus of ambulatory leg (freehand sketch). Cryptops niloticus 74 Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite (holotype Sudan) 75 Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite (Yemen) 76 Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite (Rodrigues, after Lewis 2002[3]) 77 Pretarsus leg 5 (Rodrigues specimen 5). Scale lines: Figs 68, 69 = 0.5 mm. Figs 71, 24–26 = 0.25 mm. Figs 70, 72, 73, 77 = 0.1 mm.](/wiki/File:IJM-004-011-g007.jpg)
- ↑ Verhoeff K (1931) Über europäische Cryptops-Arten. Zoologischer Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 62:263-288.
- ↑ Iorio E, Geoffroy J (2003) Etude des scolopendromorphs français du genre Cryptops Leach 1814 – Première partie: Cryptops parisi Brolemann, 1920 et Cryptops parisi var. cristata Ribaut, 1925 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorphs, Cryptopidae). Bulletin de Phyllie 18–4e trimester: 28–37.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lewis J (2002) The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Journal of Natural History 36:79-106. doi:10.1080/00222930110098508
