<documentid="A874AC594244F5587FEAE7CC3E076899"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="1250FC66C0FAD36E2D628AFC1EAA2506"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 niloticus Lewis 1967"docType="treatment"docVersion="6"lastPageNumber="27"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="27"updateTime="1732679620409"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="3D3420B8E5036C50D4D0E56E52223DE4">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>
<bibRefCitationid="ADF19B4F26076CEE9B44368DE283B7F4"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="185 - 207"title="The scolopendromorph centipedes of the Sudan with remarks on taxonomic characters in the Scolopendridae."url="doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1967.tb00973.x"volume="178"year="1967">Lewis, 1967</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="39ADD2D42662A78ED1189EA51B0E914B"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="461 - 470"title="Scolopendromorph and geophilomorph centipedes from Eritrea."url="doi:10.1080/00222936900770391"volume="3"year="1969">Lewis, 1969</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9D84D3F335DF9EF787D55E5285A55415"author="Zapparoli, M"journalOrPublisher="Lavori della Societa Italiana di Biographia N. S."pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="125 - 147"title="Note sui Chilopodi della Somalia Biogeographia."volume="14"year="1990 b">Zapparoli, 1990b</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="63CD787C8DF70F966277F63B5754F95E"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Saudi Arabia"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="137 - 156"title="Further records of scolopendromorph and geophilomorph centipedes from the Arabian Peninsula with a note by Dr E. H. Eason on Lithobius erythrocephalus cronebergii Seliwanoff."volume="15"year="1996">Lewis, 1996</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9888624348A445A841A7E417E668222E"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="A635CCD608D88744EE2FB5CC3921B0F0"pageId="16"pageNumber="27">(Sudanese material) Length 16 (male)-20 mm (female). With dark brown subcuticular pigment. Cephalic plate without or with very short posterior paramedian sutures. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite typically 2+2(3) and several smaller setae some just submarginal (Fig. 74). Poison gland calyx spherical or subspherical situated in anterior region of forcipular coxosternite. Posterior margin of sternite 21 broadly rounded. Pore field occupying anterior 70% of coxopleuron with 10-25 (31)pores. With 5 setae in pore field, 3 between pore field and posterior margin on which there are 4 or 5 setae (these data from 2 specimens only). Ultimate legs with 4-7 tibial and 3 tarsal saw teeth. Pretarsi of legs 1-20 each with a single long accessory spur 54-66% of length of pretarsus.</paragraph>
The brief description of the specimens from Eritrea precludes definite confirmation of identity. They were destroyed in a fire at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. A male from the Yemen (
<bibRefCitationid="202CE049B426B58058B072BDE273A3BA"author="Lewis, JGE"journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Saudi Arabia"pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="137 - 156"title="Further records of scolopendromorph and geophilomorph centipedes from the Arabian Peninsula with a note by Dr E. H. Eason on Lithobius erythrocephalus cronebergii Seliwanoff."volume="15"year="1996">Lewis 1996</bibRefCitation>
), body length 11 mm with 2+2 large and 2+1 small submarginal coxosternal setae (Fig. 75), with only 5+5 coxopleural pores was mature. Specimens from Rodrigues, body length 13 mm, have anterior margin of coxosternite as in Fig. 76, coxopleural pores 7-11, ultimate leg with 6-7 tibial and 3-4 tarsal saw teeth. One of the three specimens had a very narrow median longitudinal glabrous area on the ultimate pretarsus. Pretarsal accessory spur 50% the length of the pretarsus (Fig. 77).
<bibRefCitationid="0DD5444E40858356892CAFAC059B9675"author="Zapparoli, M"journalOrPublisher="Lavori della Societa Italiana di Biographia N. S."pageId="24"pageNumber="35"pagination="125 - 147"title="Note sui Chilopodi della Somalia Biogeographia."volume="14"year="1990 b">Zapparoli (1990)</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7D3D403644EB8E743B5E618D5CD1CDFD"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>
. This distinction is difficult to maintain. The setae are likely to increase in length and number with the size of the individual and different growth pattern of different populations may lead to such differences: individuals reach a relatively large size in the Sudanese population with concomitant increase in the number of coxopleural pores. The populations identified as
