Cryptops songi
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Ordo: Scolopendromorpha
Familia: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Name
Cryptops songi Song, Zhu & Liang, 2010 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cryptops songi Song, Zhu & Liang, 2010[1] Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 35: 378, figs 9–17.
Diagnosis
Maximum length 22 mm. Cephalic plate with very short posterior paramedian sutures, anterior margin of coxosternite with 3+3 long and 2+2 short setae. Tergites 3–20 with paramedian sulci, without dark subcutaneous pigment, posterior margin of sternite 21 straight, coxopleuron with 26 pores. Ultimate leg tibia with 7–8, tarsus with 2–4 saw teeth. Tarsi of most legs more or less divided.
Distribution
China.
Remarks
Cryptops songi would appear to be quite distinct from other Chinese species of the genus. It is clearly related to Cryptops nigropictus, Cryptops decoratus and Cryptops melanotypus but further data are required to establish its exact relationship to them.
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
- ↑ Song Z, Zhu M, Liang A (2010) The genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha, Cryptopidae, Cryptopinae) in China, with descriptions of a new species and a new recorded species. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 35: 376–380. [in Chinese with an English summary]
