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<document ID-DOI="10.11609/JoTT.o3035.2510-4" ID-ISSN="0974-7907" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4987102" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:199D65D8-49CA-44B5-AF08-C1FCCAAE90A8" approvalRequired="9" approvalRequired_for_textStreams="9" checkinTime="1624038646864" checkinUser="carolina" docAuthor="Balan, Dhanya, Sureshan, P. M. &amp; Khanna, Vinod" docDate="2012" docId="03BB69469C508236FC9AFF3BFE085808" docLanguage="en" docName="JThreatenedTaxa.4.4.2510-2514.pdf" docOrigin="Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (4)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:4DDA3ECA84577246BE6182A9D0138992:JThreatenedTaxa.2009-2012.communications" docStyleId="4DDA3ECA84577246BE6182A9D0138992" docStyleName="JThreatenedTaxa.2009-2012.communications" docTitle="Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis Balan &amp; Sureshan &amp; Khanna 2012, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="199D65D8-49CA-44B5-AF08-C1FCCAAE90A8" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="2" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="2514" masterDocId="FF82113E9C518232FFFDFFD1FFFE5D07" masterDocTitle="A new species of centipede of the genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from southern Western Ghats with a key to the species of Cryptops in India" masterLastPageNumber="2514" masterPageNumber="2510" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" updateTime="1624038972849" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0" zenodo-license-figures="CC-BY-4.0">
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<mods:title>A new species of centipede of the genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from southern Western Ghats with a key to the species of Cryptops in India</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Balan, Dhanya</mods:namePart>
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<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Sureshan, P. M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Khanna, Vinod</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Journal of Threatened Taxa</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2012</mods:date>
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<mods:number>4</mods:number>
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<mods:number>4</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">02460D48-5EAC-4899-89B3-B516682CDA25</mods:identifier>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
<taxonomicName authority="Balan &amp; Sureshan &amp; Khanna, 2012" authorityName="Balan &amp; Sureshan &amp; Khanna" authorityYear="2012" box="[871,1263,234,261]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malabarensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Cryptops">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[871,1263,234,261]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1270,1359,235,261]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
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and
<figureCitation box="[1128,1264,271,298]" captionStart="Images 1–5" captionStartId="2.[170,244,1144,1164]" captionTargetBox="[177,1406,241,1119]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Images 1–5. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2109). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut 1 - Forcipular coxosternum; 2 - Cephalic plate ventral; Sternite-21; Prefemur and femur; Tarsus and tibia" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987108" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987108/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Images 1–5</figureCitation>
)
</emphasis>
</heading>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="2514" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" type="materials_examined">
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<heading bold="true" box="[813,1039,346,372]" fontSize="10" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" reason="1">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[813,1039,346,372]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Material examined</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[813,1418,346,1044]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-08-01" collectionCode="WGRC" collectorName="Dhanya Balan" country="India" location="Kerala" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[850,968,384,410]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
<typeStatus box="[850,959,384,410]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Holotype</typeStatus>
:
</emphasis>
<date box="[1027,1164,384,410]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" value="2011-08-01">
<collectingDate box="[1027,1164,384,410]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" value="2011-08-01">01.viii.2011</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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’40.59”N &amp;
<superScript attach="none" box="[813,878,421,448]" fontSize="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">75055</superScript>
’33.40”E, elevation 641.2m, Urakkuzhy, Kakkayam, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary,
<collectingRegion box="[1266,1343,459,485]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Kerala</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry box="[1353,1413,459,485]" name="India" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">India</collectingCountry>
, coll.
<collectorName box="[884,1061,496,522]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Dhanya Balan</collectorName>
, (ZSI/
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/I-R/INV 2111) (
<figureCitation box="[820,961,533,560]" captionStart="Images 1–5" captionStartId="2.[170,244,1144,1164]" captionTargetBox="[177,1406,241,1119]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Images 1–5. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2109). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut 1 - Forcipular coxosternum; 2 - Cephalic plate ventral; Sternite-21; Prefemur and femur; Tarsus and tibia" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987108" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987108/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Images 1–5</figureCitation>
).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[813,1418,346,1044]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-08-29" collectionCode="WGRC" collectorName="Dhanya Balan" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[850,979,571,597]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
<typeStatus box="[850,974,571,597]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Paratypes</typeStatus>
:
</emphasis>
<date box="[995,1132,570,596]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" value="2011-08-29">
<collectingDate box="[995,1132,570,596]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" value="2011-08-29">29.viii.2011</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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, from type locality, coll.
<collectorName box="[1041,1207,608,634]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Dhanya Balan</collectorName>
(ZSI/
<collectionCode box="[1278,1363,608,634]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">WGRC</collectionCode>
/I-R/ INV 2080, 2108, 2109)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-04-01" collectionCode="WGRC" collectorName="P. K. Umesh" country="India" elevation="145" location="Narayamkulam" municipality="District" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala" typeStatus="paratype">
<date box="[1114,1230,645,671]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" value="2011-04-01">
<collectingDate box="[1114,1230,645,671]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" value="2011-04-01">01.iv.2011</collectingDate>
</date>
<specimenCount box="[1241,1414,645,672]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
,
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’26.98”N &amp;
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’24”E,
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elevation
<quantity box="[1347,1413,682,709]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.45" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" unit="m" value="145.0">145m</quantity>
</elevation>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BB69469C508236FC9AFF3BFE085808:8ECD8E8B9C508233FCD0FD01FC235FED" box="[813,989,720,746]" country="India" municipality="District" name="Narayamkulam" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" stateProvince="Kerala">Narayamkulam</location>
, Calicut
<collectingMunicipality box="[1096,1183,720,746]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">District</collectingMunicipality>
,
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,
<collectingCountry box="[1292,1352,720,746]" name="India" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">India</collectingCountry>
, coll.
<collectorName box="[813,945,757,784]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">P.K. Umesh</collectorName>
(ZSI/
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/I-R/INV 2079)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[850,975,794,820]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
A species of
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<emphasis box="[1129,1232,795,821]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Cryptops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lacking anterior transverse suture on Tergite-1; tergite paramedian sutures from tergite 4 or 5–20; absence of saw teeth on the ultimate femur (
<taxonomicName box="[1084,1223,906,933]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="1" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hortensis">
C.
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</taxonomicName>
group); ultimate leg tibia with 4–7 saw teeth on the tibia and 3–4 on tarsus one; no accessory spurs associated with the tarsal claw.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[813,1418,1093,1456]" box="[813,1091,1093,1119]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[813,1091,1093,1119]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
Description of
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</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[813,1418,1093,1456]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
Body length
<quantity box="[1012,1087,1131,1157]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" unit="mm" value="23.0">23mm</quantity>
. Colour (before and after preservation) greyish-brown with dark subcutaneous pigment on tergites. Ultimate legs yellow.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[813,1418,1093,1456]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
Antennae composed of 17 articles; basal two articles relatively stout with long setae distally. An irregular whorl of long setae on the proximal end of articles 1–3, the rest with setae scattered irregularly, not in whorls but the dorsal middle region is not densely covered. Short, fine setae abundant from 6
<superScript attach="none" box="[1405,1418,1429,1443]" fontSize="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">th</superScript>
</paragraph>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987106" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4987106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987106/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" startId="1.[812,889,1941,1961]" targetBox="[821,1412,1561,1913]" targetPageId="1">
<paragraph blockId="1.[812,1377,1940,2012]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
Figures 2–3.
<taxonomicName authority="Balan &amp; Sureshan &amp; Khanna, 2012" authorityName="Balan &amp; Sureshan &amp; Khanna" authorityYear="2012" box="[942,1291,1940,1961]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malabarensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Cryptops">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[942,1291,1940,1961]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1298,1377,1941,1961]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2108)
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="1.[812,1377,1940,2012]" box="[812,1320,1992,2012]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[812,1320,1992,2012]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2511">2 - Cephalic plate and Tergite-1; 3 - Sternite suture</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="2.[170,1224,1143,1189]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">
Images 1–5.
<taxonomicName authority="Balan &amp; Sureshan &amp; Khanna, 2012" authorityName="Balan &amp; Sureshan &amp; Khanna" authorityYear="2012" box="[297,646,1143,1164]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malabarensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Cryptops">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[297,646,1143,1164]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[653,732,1144,1164]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2109). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut 1 - Forcipular coxosternum; 2 - Cephalic plate ventral; Sternite-21; Prefemur and femur; Tarsus and tibia
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="2.[170,775,1257,1992]" box="[170,526,1257,1284]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">
article onwards (
<figureCitation box="[357,512,1257,1284]" captionStart="Images 1–5" captionStartId="2.[170,244,1144,1164]" captionTargetBox="[177,1406,241,1119]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Images 1–5. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2109). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut 1 - Forcipular coxosternum; 2 - Cephalic plate ventral; Sternite-21; Prefemur and femur; Tarsus and tibia" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987108" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987108/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Images 4 &amp; 5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[170,775,1257,1992]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">
Cephalic plate and tergite one without sutures, tergite one overlying the posterior edge of the cephalic plate (
<figureCitation box="[239,308,1369,1395]" captionStart="Figures 2–3" captionStartId="1.[812,889,1941,1961]" captionTargetBox="[821,1412,1561,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-367@1.[809,1419,1549,1922]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figures 2–3. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2108)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987106/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Anterior edge of forcipular coxosternite weakly bilobed (
<figureCitation box="[358,449,1406,1432]" captionStart="Images 1–5" captionStartId="2.[170,244,1144,1164]" captionTargetBox="[177,1406,241,1119]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Images 1–5. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2109). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut 1 - Forcipular coxosternum; 2 - Cephalic plate ventral; Sternite-21; Prefemur and femur; Tarsus and tibia" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987108" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987108/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Image 1</figureCitation>
) and with four long and one small setae on each side. Tergite paramedian sutures from tergite 4 or 5–20. Tergite 21 without sutures and with slightly angular posterior margin. Sternites with longitudinal and transverse sulci, longitudinal sulci longer than the transverse (
<figureCitation box="[485,556,1593,1619]" captionStart="Figures 2–3" captionStartId="1.[812,889,1941,1961]" captionTargetBox="[821,1412,1561,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-367@1.[809,1419,1549,1922]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figures 2–3. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2108)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987106/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Sternite 21 with sides converging very slightly and straight posterior margin (
<figureCitation box="[267,375,1667,1693]" captionStart="Images 1–5" captionStartId="2.[170,244,1144,1164]" captionTargetBox="[177,1406,241,1119]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Images 1–5. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2109). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut 1 - Forcipular coxosternum; 2 - Cephalic plate ventral; Sternite-21; Prefemur and femur; Tarsus and tibia" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987108" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987108/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Images 2</figureCitation>
&amp;
<figureCitation box="[418,434,1667,1693]" captionStart="Images 6–9" captionStartId="3.[170,244,1265,1285]" captionTargetBox="[170,1416,236,1243]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Images 6–9. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2080). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987110" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987110/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">8</figureCitation>
). Legs 1–19 with undivided tarsi. No accessory spurs associated with the tarsal claw (
<figureCitation box="[238,332,1742,1768]" captionStart="Images 6–9" captionStartId="3.[170,244,1265,1285]" captionTargetBox="[170,1416,236,1243]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Images 6–9. Cryptops (Cryptops) malabarensis sp. nov. (ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2080). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4987110" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4987110/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Image 9</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[170,775,1257,1992]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Coxopleuron with nine large pores and with at least three minute setae in porefield; three or four fine setae on posterior margin and upto five between this and porefield. Posterior area of coxopleuron is poreless.</paragraph>
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Leg 20 with dense fine setae ventrally on prefemur, femur and tibia in all specimens. Ultimate legs with strong setae on anterior, ventral and posterior surfaces of prefemur and on ventral and posterior surfaces of femur. Median longitudinal glabrous area absent. No distal tubercle on tibia and tarsus. No saw tooth on the femur (
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); seven on the tibia and three on the tarsus 1 (
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).
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Additional information from
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Body length of
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varies between
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. Antennae of leftside is damaged in 2079. When compared to the
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, the number of saw teeth on the ultimate leg tibia varies from four (2079), five (2080) or six (2108, 2109) and on tarsus 1 the variation is either three (2080, 2108, 2109) or four (2079) saw teeth. The number of coxopleural pores are not clearly countable.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[813,942,1895,1921]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2512">Etymology</emphasis>
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The species is named after the
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locality “Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary”,
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,
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.
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Images 6–9.
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(ZSI/WGRC/I-R/INV 2080). © WGRC, ZSI, Calicut
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[170,1193,1291,1311]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">6 - Dorsal view of antenna; 7 - Basal antennal articles; Sternite-21; Pretarsus of leg from middle trunk</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[170,745,1387,1407]" box="[170,745,1387,1407]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Table 1. Ecological observations from the sampling sites</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[813,1081,1386,1412]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Ecological observations</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,314,1435,1476]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Physiographic category</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[438,509,1447,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Midland</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,317,1492,1510]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Sampling sites</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[407,540,1492,1510]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Narayamkulam</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[628,720,1492,1510]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Kakkayam</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,254,1532,1550]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Altitude</emphasis>
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<td box="[404,542,1532,1550]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">145m</td>
<td box="[607,742,1532,1550]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">641m</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,277,1572,1590]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Atm. temp</emphasis>
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<td box="[404,542,1572,1590]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">24–30 0C</td>
<td box="[607,742,1572,1590]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">19–28 0C</td>
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<td box="[404,542,1609,1649]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">120m</td>
<td box="[607,742,1609,1649]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">75m</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,348,1697,1715]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Type of vegetation</emphasis>
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<td box="[404,542,1663,1748]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">agro ecosystem near a semi deciduous forest patch</td>
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<td box="[185,348,1765,1783]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,333,1765,1783]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Soil temperature</emphasis>
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<td box="[404,542,1765,1783]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">23–270C</td>
<td box="[607,742,1765,1783]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">15–250C</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,248,1806,1824]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">soil pH</emphasis>
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<td box="[404,542,1806,1824]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">4.91</td>
<td box="[607,742,1806,1824]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">4.76</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,294,1848,1866]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Org. Carbon</emphasis>
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<td box="[404,542,1848,1866]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">3.12</td>
<td box="[607,742,1848,1866]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">9.15</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[850,948,1423,1449]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Habitat:</emphasis>
The specimens were collected from moist deciduous forest tracts of southern Western Ghats. All specimens were found in loose soil, about
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below the surface. Ecological parameters of the two collection localities during the period of
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are provided in
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[813,934,1684,1710]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Discussion</emphasis>
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is conspicuously different from the other described Indian species of
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<emphasis box="[813,912,1797,1823]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">Cryptops</emphasis>
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included in the
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<emphasis box="[1096,1201,1797,1823]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">C. doriae</emphasis>
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group (having saw teeth on the ultimate leg femur); and falls in the Old World
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<emphasis box="[813,945,1871,1898]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">C. hortensis</emphasis>
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group of
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(those lacking saw teeth on the ultimate leg femur), which have not yet been reported from
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.
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<emphasis box="[1051,1231,1946,1972]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">C. malabarensis</emphasis>
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closely resembles
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<emphasis box="[928,1067,1983,2010]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2513">C. decoratus</emphasis>
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, which is also
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[609,978,235,256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">
Key to the
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species
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of
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</emphasis>
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1. Sternites, at least on some anterior segments with trigonal sutures ………............................………….…….... …………………….………….......................................……(Subgenus
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) C. (T)
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<emphasis box="[1189,1274,312,332]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">orientalis</emphasis>
Jangi
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Sternites without trigonal sutures (Subgenus
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<emphasis box="[744,829,338,358]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">Cryptops</emphasis>
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)..................................................................................2
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<keyLead box="[252,1338,363,384]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">2. Ultimate leg femur with saw teeth…………….……….......................................................................................3</keyLead>
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- Ultimate leg femur without saw teeth……… ……………..............................……….
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1093,1256,389,409]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. malabarensis</emphasis>
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3. Tergite 1 with an anterior transverse suture. ........................................................................
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<emphasis box="[1162,1247,415,435]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. kempi</emphasis>
Silvesteri
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<keyLead box="[252,1340,440,460]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">- Tergite 1 without anterior transverse suture.....................................................................................................4</keyLead>
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4. Each side of forcipular coxosternite convex and with 12 submarginal setae….......……
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<emphasis box="[1125,1227,466,486]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. setosior</emphasis>
Chamberlin
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- Each side of forcipular coxosternite only slightly convex with 3 or 4 long and one or 2 small setae ……......… …………...…………………………………………………………………...................……………
<taxonomicName authority="Pocock" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1891" box="[1175,1338,517,537]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="doriae">
<emphasis box="[1175,1261,517,537]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. doriae</emphasis>
Pocock
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a member of the Old World
<taxonomicName box="[470,598,596,623]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hortensis">
<emphasis box="[470,598,596,623]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. hortensis</emphasis>
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group. The two species share the absence of sutures on the cephalic plate and tergite one; anterior margin of coxosternite almost straight, an overlapping number of coxopleural pores (7–9), a similar number of setae in the porefield (at least three) and ultimate leg characters such as prefemur with long fine setae dorsally, absence of a median longitudinal glabrous area, tibia with four and tarsus 1 with two saw teeth. However the new species differs from the
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description of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1960" box="[326,464,932,959]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decoratus">
<emphasis box="[326,464,932,959]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. decoratus</emphasis>
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, in having no median ridges on the tergites, no posterior median depression on tergite 21 and the absence of accessory spurs on the pretarsi.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1960" box="[170,308,1044,1070]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decoratus">
<emphasis box="[170,308,1044,1070]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. decoratus</emphasis>
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is a Malagasy species closely related to
<taxonomicName authority="Chamberlin, 1941" authorityName="Chamberlin" authorityYear="1941" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanotypus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. melanotypus</emphasis>
Chamberlin, 1941
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from the
<collectingCountry box="[648,771,1081,1107]" name="Philippines" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">Philippines</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry box="[170,274,1119,1145]" name="Mauritius" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">Mauritius</collectingCountry>
and the
<collectingCountry box="[389,504,1119,1145]" name="Seychelles" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">Seychelles</collectingCountry>
but
<bibRefCitation author="Lewis, J. G. E." box="[567,719,1119,1145]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" pagination="11 - 50" refId="ref3286" refString="Lewis, J. G. E. (2011). A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1910) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha). International Journal of Myriapodology 4: 11 - 50." type="journal article" year="2011">Lewis (2011)</bibRefCitation>
was unsure of their exact status. However, the strong similarity between the new species and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1960" box="[593,730,1193,1220]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decoratus">
<emphasis box="[593,730,1193,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. decoratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Chamberlin" authorityYear="1941" box="[170,339,1231,1257]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanotypus">
<emphasis box="[170,339,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2514">C. melanotypus</emphasis>
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suggests dispersal of a group of closely allied species over a wide area.
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