Cryptops philammus gabonensis
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Ordo: Scolopendromorpha
Familia: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Name
Cryptops philammus Demange, 1968 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cryptops philammus gabonensis Demange, 1968[1] Biol. Gabonica, 4: 288, figs 8, 9.
Description
(Data from Demange 1968[1]). A pigmented species. Anterior wall of forcipular coxosternite almost straight with 3+3 marginal setae with 1+1 long post-marginals. Tergite paramedian sulci commencing on tergite 8. Sternite longitudinal sulci absent. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite almost straight with 3 long marginal setae and one long seta behind the margin. Ultimate leg with 3, 4 or 5 tibial and 2 tarsal saw teeth. Demange (1968)[1] in a table comparing Cryptops philammus and Cryptops orthus gave pore field with posterior pores near the margin (of the coxopleuron) implying that this is the case in Cryptops philammus gabonensis.
Distribution
Gabon.
Remarks
The data available are insufficient for the exact identity of Cryptops philammus gabonensis to be determined. It is here regarded as a nomen dubium. As noted in the introduction, Cryptops philammus has a saw tooth on the ultimate leg femur and thus belongs to the doriae group of species.
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