<documentid="D4246DE5771FDB196D2FC81F6676EE26"ID-CLB-Dataset="303368"ID-DOI="10.1080/00222933.2024.2373469"ID-GBIF-Dataset="75890773-29e5-4455-b5a4-70292abb9c8c"ID-ISSN="1464-5262"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13758363"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_approvedBy="carolina"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="carolina"IM.treatments_approvedBy="carolina"checkinTime="1726223828752"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Borges, Diva Maria, Bichuette, Maria Elina & Chagas-Jr, Amazonas"docDate="2024"docId="03923429FFFD8A46FECCCE6FFCFBFB54"docLanguage="en"docName="JNATHIST.58.37-40.1303-1317.pdf"docOrigin="Journal of Natural History 58 (33 - 36)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2373469"docStyle="DocumentStyle:3C762F9783B768A90048B82ACD135A62.3:JNatHist.2017-.journal_article.0cover"docStyleId="3C762F9783B768A90048B82ACD135A62"docStyleName="JNatHist.2017-.journal_article.0cover"docStyleVersion="3"docTitle="Cryptops iheringi Brolemann 1902"docType="treatment"docVersion="4"lastPageNumber="1311"masterDocId="FFAB4C51FFF98A4FFF8DCC75FFCDFFEC"masterDocTitle="Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) didi sp. n. (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae): expanding the cryptopid biodiversity in a Brazilian hotspot of subterranean fauna"masterLastPageNumber="1317"masterPageNumber="1303"pageNumber="1307"updateTime="1726671357027"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="D792DD3460648B933DF822D078CB2E07">Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) didi sp. n. (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae): expanding the cryptopid biodiversity in a Brazilian hotspot of subterranean fauna</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="4E203C87433FE4B5502188C1DFF81F51">Laboratório de Sistemática e Taxonomia de Artrópodes Terrestres, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil;</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="35110AA274B61401D12C54435634E302">Bichuette, Maria Elina</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="611A22D7556A317BF9FCEEE08C442176">Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="7396EB96AA58AF266EF090B441AA1DCA">Laboratório de Sistemática e Taxonomia de Artrópodes Terrestres, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil;</mods:affiliation>
<emphasisid="B94F592DFFFD8A4BFF2DCEE1FE72FD42"bold="true"box="[160,447,660,686]"italics="true"pageId="4"pageNumber="1307">Type material examined</emphasis>
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<locationid="8EE4D3E4FFFD8A4BFD6DCE88FEF1FCD4"LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03923429FFFD8A46FECCCE6FFCFBFB54:8EE4D3E4FFFD8A4BFD6DCE88FEF1FCD4"country="Brazil"municipality="Iporanga"name="Ressurgencia das Areias das Aguas Quentes Cave"pageId="4"pageNumber="1307"stateProvince="Sao Paulo">Ressurgência das Areias das Águas Quentes Cave</location>
Antennae extend to the posterior margin of T8; T1 with an anterior transverse suture, along with lateral and posterior sutures that connect to the paramedian sutures. The ultimate legs with 19 + 7 saw teeth.
The trunk segments are orange, while the cephalic plate is a darker, brownish hue. The ultimate legs are a lighter shade of yellow.
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<paragraphid="8B84853FFFFD8A4BFF4DC82AFBC1FB76"blockId="4.[160,1157,1014,1178]"pageId="4"pageNumber="1307">In life, the trunk segments exhibit a yellowish hue, while the cephalic plate is darker, tending towards brown. The ultimate legs are lighter, of a light yellow colour.</paragraph>
<emphasisid="B94F592DFFFD8A4BFF2DC8BFFEB7FB08"bold="true"box="[160,378,1226,1252]"italics="true"pageId="4"pageNumber="1307">Total body length.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameid="4C3BFEBCFFFC8A4AFF73CFE3FE51FC41"authorityName="Borges & Bichuette & Chagas-Jr"authorityYear="2024"box="[254,412,918,941]"class="Chilopoda"family="Cryptopidae"genus="Cryptops"kingdom="Animalia"order="Scolopendromorpha"pageId="5"pageNumber="1308"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="didi"status="sp. nov."subGenus="Trigonocryptops">
<taxonomicNameid="4C3BFEBCFFFC8A4AFE8DCAC5FE6DF92B"authorityName="Borges & Bichuette & Chagas-Jr"authorityYear="2024"box="[256,416,1712,1735]"class="Chilopoda"family="Cryptopidae"genus="Cryptops"kingdom="Animalia"order="Scolopendromorpha"pageId="5"pageNumber="1308"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="didi"status="sp. nov."subGenus="Trigonocryptops">
<taxonomicNameid="4C3BFEBCFFFF8A49FE8CCE1AFE6FFD6A"authorityName="Borges & Bichuette & Chagas-Jr"authorityYear="2024"box="[257,418,623,646]"class="Chilopoda"family="Cryptopidae"genus="Cryptops"kingdom="Animalia"order="Scolopendromorpha"pageId="6"pageNumber="1309"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="didi"status="sp. nov."subGenus="Trigonocryptops">
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFFF8A49FF25CFEFFECFFC5F"box="[168,258,922,947]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="5.[160,225,918,941]"captionTargetBox="[164,1152,143,885]"captionTargetId="figure-3@5.[163,1153,142,886]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Figure 4. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Holotype (LES – UFSCAR 0026263).(a) Cephalic plate and antenna; (b) tergite 1; (c) ventral view of head; (d) proximal part of antenna and clypeus."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758373"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758373/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1309">Figure 4</figureCitation>
(a)); first antennomere with a suture in the proximal/ventral part, which branches into a suture running along the dorsal surface (
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFFF8A49FD28CFC9FCCDFC39"box="[677,768,956,981]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="5.[160,225,918,941]"captionTargetBox="[164,1152,143,885]"captionTargetId="figure-3@5.[163,1153,142,886]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Figure 4. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Holotype (LES – UFSCAR 0026263).(a) Cephalic plate and antenna; (b) tergite 1; (c) ventral view of head; (d) proximal part of antenna and clypeus."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758373"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758373/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1309">Figure 4</figureCitation>
(d)). The first article is adorned with lanceolate setae, primarily concentrated in the proximal, dorsal, and ventral regions, leaving the inner part devoid of setae. The second article has fewer setae, while articles 3
Anterior margin bilobed, accompanied by a pair of chitinous thickenings, each bearing a row of 9 + 9 setae (
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFFF8A49FD3CC977FCC3FAF7"box="[689,782,1282,1307]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="5.[160,225,918,941]"captionTargetBox="[164,1152,143,885]"captionTargetId="figure-3@5.[163,1153,142,886]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Figure 4. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Holotype (LES – UFSCAR 0026263).(a) Cephalic plate and antenna; (b) tergite 1; (c) ventral view of head; (d) proximal part of antenna and clypeus."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758373"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758373/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1309">Figure 4</figureCitation>
(c)). A longitudinal median suture characterises the anterior region, extending to one-third of the coxosternum. This suture bifurcates posteriorly in the median region, which has a transverse suture. Inner margin of the trochanteroprefemur with a row of 9
Apical claw of second maxilla with slender hook distally, with a ventral pointed projection (
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFFF8A49FE0CC9AAFE13FA14"box="[385,478,1503,1528]"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="6.[160,225,623,646]"captionTargetBox="[164,1152,143,591]"captionTargetId="figure-302@6.[163,1153,142,592]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="Figure 6. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Holotype (LES – UFSCAR 0026263). (a) Telopodite of second maxilla (left); (b) pretarsus of leg 10."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758377"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758377/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1309">Figure 6</figureCitation>
20 with strongly bipartite tarsi, each accompanied by a pair of accessory spines. These spines measure approximately one-fourth the size of the pretarsus (
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFF18A47FF7CCF06FE97FC60"box="[241,346,883,908]"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="6.[160,225,623,646]"captionTargetBox="[164,1152,143,591]"captionTargetId="figure-302@6.[163,1153,142,592]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="Figure 6. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Holotype (LES – UFSCAR 0026263). (a) Telopodite of second maxilla (left); (b) pretarsus of leg 10."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758377"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758377/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="1311">Figures 6</figureCitation>
). Prefemur with a slight dorsal depression, resembling a groove. Both the prefemur and femur, as well as the tibia, feature a pair of spinose processes in the distal dorsal region (
). The spinose processes of the prefemur and femur are marginally smaller than those of the tibia. The prefemur is equipped with lateral and ventral spines. In the dorsal region, these spines are more widely spaced and less numerous. Tibia with 19 saw teeth (
The paratype’s ultimate legs exhibit 3 + 21 + 8 saw teeth (
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFF18A47FCBEC883FC5DFAE3"box="[819,912,1270,1295]"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="9.[160,225,989,1012]"captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,957]"captionTargetId="figure-235@9.[163,1153,142,957]"captionTargetPageId="9"captionText="Figure 8. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Paratype (CZUFMT-MY 0541). (a) Tibia and tarsus I of ultimate leg; (b) lateral view of ultimate leg; (c) saw teeth on femur of ultimate leg."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758379"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758379/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="1311">Figure 8</figureCitation>
(a)), in contrast to the holotype’s 19 + 7 saw teeth. The trio of saw teeth is situated on a ridge in the femur’s distal region (
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFF18A47FF73C949FEACFAB9"box="[254,353,1340,1365]"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="9.[160,225,989,1012]"captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,957]"captionTargetId="figure-235@9.[163,1153,142,957]"captionTargetPageId="9"captionText="Figure 8. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Paratype (CZUFMT-MY 0541). (a) Tibia and tarsus I of ultimate leg; (b) lateral view of ultimate leg; (c) saw teeth on femur of ultimate leg."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758379"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758379/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="1311">Figure 8</figureCitation>
also features a pair of rudimentary spinose processes on the prefemur, femur, and tibia of the ultimate legs (
<figureCitationid="130099BAFFF18A47FEE0C9D1FE07FA51"box="[365,458,1444,1469]"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="9.[160,225,989,1012]"captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,957]"captionTargetId="figure-235@9.[163,1153,142,957]"captionTargetPageId="9"captionText="Figure 8. Cryptops (T.) didi sp. n. Paratype (CZUFMT-MY 0541). (a) Tibia and tarsus I of ultimate leg; (b) lateral view of ultimate leg; (c) saw teeth on femur of ultimate leg."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13758379"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13758379/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="1311">Figure 8</figureCitation>
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has been found in two locations, namely Lage Branca Cave and Areias Cave System, situated in Iporanga,
<collectingRegionid="49FF4BDDFFF18A47FD5BCA7AFC4CF9C4"box="[726,897,1551,1576]"country="Brazil"name="Sao Paulo"pageId="8"pageNumber="1311">São Paulo state</collectingRegion>