<documentid="DD1A26A2221791C1403E342B55DA2B08"ID-CLB-Dataset="28228"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/ijm.4.1116"ID-GBIF-Dataset="84c5672d-b64e-406d-9664-377e542d5e31"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1875-2543--11"ModsDocAuthor=""ModsDocDate="2011"ModsDocID="1875-2543--11"ModsDocOrigin="International Journal of Myriapodology "ModsDocTitle="A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha"checkinTime="1553125531213"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Lewis, John G. E."docDate="2011"docId="1798154581710D9AE98121D14A4620F0"docLanguage="en"docName="InternJourMyriapod 4: 11-50"docOrigin="International Journal of Myriapodology 4"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/ijm.4.1116"docTitle="Cryptops decoratus Lawrence 1960"docType="treatment"docVersion="6"lastPageNumber="20"masterDocId="FFC1FF80FFE7FFE63139E975C46D4F33"masterDocTitle="A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha"masterLastPageNumber="50"masterPageNumber="11"pageNumber="18"updateTime="1732679620409"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="A64B29CBC73E17AA9C8FDBFE1E8ACEF7">A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha</mods:title>
<taxonomicNameid="09232AE97435288D03A8E55C7BC1FEA6"class="Chilopoda"family="Cryptopidae"genus="Cryptops"higherTaxonomySource="CoL"kingdom="Animalia"lsidName="Cryptops nec subsp. decoratus"order="Scolopendromorpha"pageId="7"pageNumber="18"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="subSpecies"species="nec"subSpecies="decoratus">nec Cryptops decoratus</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitationid="E2EFE23EAA8A5B84A02E844A084CFB9C"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="79 - 106"title="The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."url="doi:10.1080/00222930110098508"volume="36"year="2002">Lewis, 2002</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="55C0F8B9163D60AF2F3A774831D541D1"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="8 - 25"title="Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."volume="15"year="2007 b">Lewis, 2007b</bibRefCitation>
). Length: 14-16.5 mm. With or without dark subcuticular pigment. Cephalic plate and tergite 1 without sutures. Poison gland calyx spherical, situated in anterior region of forcipular trochanteroprefemur. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite almost straight with 1+2 or 2+2 long submarginal setae on each side. Sternites with wide longitudinal sulcus, very narrow transverse sulcus. Posterior margin of sternite 21 straight or slightly concave. Pore field widely separated from caudal margin of coxopleuron, with 6-9 pores and 3-6 minute setae; 5-9 setae between it and the coxopleural margin. Ultimate legs with 4-5 tibial and 2-4 tarsal saw teeth. Pretarsal accessory spurs of legs 1-20 short.
<paragraphid="9A05E91F3833231725156961EFE314AF"pageId="7"pageNumber="18">Length 14 mm. Colour after preservation for 48 years uniform greyish orange (yellow with green black pigment forming a central double band and along lateral margins from tergite 2).</paragraph>
Cephalic plate without sutures. Tergite 1 without sutures and overlying posterior margin of cephalic plate. (Anterior margin of coxosternite almost straight with 1+2 long submarginal and 1+2 shorter setae on each side. Poison gland calyx spherical, situated in anterior part of forcipular trochanteroprefemur [these data from
<bibRefCitationid="6E17B3D6EB38CA625C40BE91093FDDF3"author="Archey, A"journalOrPublisher="Record of the Canterbury Museum"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="203 - 220"title="The genus Cryptops (Chilopoda) in New Zealand."volume="2"year="1924">Lawrence 1960</bibRefCitation>
from 5 or 6-20). Lateral crescentic sulci from 3-20 (5-19). Tergite 21 with posterior median depression. Sternites with cruciform sulci, the longitudinal sulcus longer and wider than the narrow lateral arms (the longitudinal sulcus present on all segments, the transverse weak and absent on anterior half of trunk). (Sternite 21 with posterior margin straight or slightly concave). Sternite 21 was not figured by
Coxopleuron with 8 large pores (7-9) occupying anterior 50% of coxopleuron and with at least 3 minute setae in pore field; 3 or 4 fine setae on posterior margin and up to 5 between this and the pore field (several moderately long setae between the pores
(Fig. 28). Prefemur of ultimate legs with long fine setae dorsally, but thicker setae on lateral, ventral and medial surfaces (Fig. 29) without medial longitudinal glabrous area. Femur with long fine setae, those of medial surface thicker. (End legs with numerous strong setae). Tibia with 4, tarsus 1 with 2 saw teeth (5+2/3). Legs 1-19 with fine setae, tarsi undivided, pretarsal accessory spurs very short (Fig. 30).
the transverse sulci are weak. These do not tally with my observations on the two holotypes which both have a broad longitudinal and a narrow transverse sulcus and thus do not differentiate the species. I regard the two as conspecific
<bibRefCitationid="04ABF2F4D698B96318A2FFBD0E927313"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="79 - 106"title="The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."url="doi:10.1080/00222930110098508"volume="36"year="2002">Lewis (2002)</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="8CFB87407EB5696AAA46FBE2136E234B"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="8 - 25"title="Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."volume="15"year="2007 b">Lewis 2007b</bibRefCitation>
<subSubSectionid="3675FC64F92131006F2BECE589DF346E"lastPageId="9"lastPageNumber="20"pageId="8"pageNumber="19"type="description of mauritius and seychelles material">
<paragraphid="F626F9EE957E119182D02910FBE41EDC"pageId="8"pageNumber="19">Description of Mauritius and Seychelles material.</paragraph>
(The latter in parentheses where appropriate). Length: 10-15 (7.5-14) mm. With dark subcuticular pigment, though very little in specimens from Serpent Island as compared to those from Round Island (only 5 of 15 specimens from the Seychelles had black or grey subcuticular pigmentation the remainder showed no dark colouration). Cephalic plate and T1 without sutures. Clypeus with 2+1+2+6 (Fig. 34) or 2+1+2+2+6 setae. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite slightly curved on each side with 2+2 or 2+3 or 3+3 long submarginal setae (Fig. 31) (2+2). Poison gland calyx subspherical, situated in anterior region of forcipular trochanteroprefemur (Fig. 32). Posterior margin of sternite 21 straight or slightly curved (mostly with rounded
margin, rarely straight) (Fig. 35). Pore field occupying anterior 60-70% of coxopleuron, with 7-16 pores (8-14), 5-8 small setae in the pore field (4-6) and 1-3(4) between it and the coxopleural margin ((0)1-2) (Fig. 36). Ultimate leg prefemora with broad medial longitudinal glabrous area with 5-7 tibial and 3-4 tarsal saw teeth (Fig. 37).
<bibRefCitationid="7D4A74EFBF4C29F58C1AF1E461F2B34F"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="79 - 106"title="The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."url="doi:10.1080/00222930110098508"volume="36"year="2002">Lewis (2002)</bibRefCitation>
<paragraphid="D37DD815D64BC4BA7677BD77D88A5C17"pageId="9"pageNumber="20">Pretarsal accessory spurs of legs 1-20, the posterior 40% length of pretarsus the anterior slightly shorter but sometimes only 12% of the pretarsal length (Fig. 33). The accessory spurs short in Seychelles material, the second very short and easily overlooked (Fig. 38).</paragraph>
by the possession of the glabrous area on the ultimate prefemur and lower number of setae posterior to the coxopleural pore fields. These differences are relatively minor but consistent. They are clearly very closely related to
<bibRefCitationid="FC52EF4593D0AB4A3E50F5CACE902E95"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="79 - 106"title="The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."url="doi:10.1080/00222930110098508"volume="36"year="2002">Lewis 2002</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="842870330FE8CC176783CEA895454D41"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="79 - 106"title="The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."url="doi:10.1080/00222930110098508"volume="36"year="2002">Lewis 2002</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="D954C5142F863DE64B5CAE30B6DC377C"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="8 - 25"title="Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."volume="15"year="2007 b">Lewis 2007b</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="8852252A7756363C73989F3C0DB00B5A"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="8 - 25"title="Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."volume="15"year="2007 b">Lewis 2007b</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="6441168A13F49D2027A35B30D5CCAE5C"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="8 - 25"title="Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)."volume="15"year="2007 b">Lewis 2007b</bibRefCitation>
) 38 Pretarsus, leg mid body region (Silhouette specimen L2). Scale lines = 0.1 mm except Fig. 28 = 0.5 mm, Figs 35, 36 = 0.25 mm, Figs 29, 30, 32, 38 = 0.05 mm.
