Cormocephalus cupipes Pocock, 1891

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail & Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2013, Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus), Zootaxa 3734 (2), pp. 169-198 : 186

19. Cormocephalus cupipes Pocock, 1891

Material examined. Mozambique: Inhaca Isl. , Delagoa Bay, Port E. Africa, in mangrove stump, leg. J.D. Taylor (p.), 2 exx., BMNH 1929.12.20.3-4; South Africa: Zululand , Lower Umfolosi Dist., leg. H.H. Curson, 1 ex., BMNH 273.30.1.1922; South Africa: Pirie Bush , King William’s Town, leg. A.W. Fleming, 1 ex., BMNH 0.10.10.12; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition , loc. Ridge between Pasagulu and Tusenabantu, No. 351, 4.800 ft, 14/8/59, habitat: in crown of tree Uapaca sp. , leg. R . M.H., 1 ex., BMNH ?. ( Fig. 30 ).

Type locality. South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Tanzania ( TZ) (new region record); South Tropical Africa: Mozambique ( MZ), Zimbabwe ( ZW); Southern Africa : South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal) ( SA) ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

Remarks. The specimen from Tanazania is the northernmost record of C. cupipes . It possesses the distinctive ultimate leg proportions of the species as well as the typical divergent paramedian sutures on the cephalic plate (cf. Lewis 2001a: fig. 9), eight glabrous antennal articles, 4+4 coxosternal teeth (tooth plate shape as in Lewis 2001a: Fig. 11 ) complete paramedian sutures from T2, a complete median suture on the tergite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment, a longitudinal median depression on the sternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment, two apical spines on the coxopleural process, two spines on the distomedial prefemoral process, and the ultimate leg prefemur lacking accessory claws. Compared to other documented material, the ultimate leg prefemur bears relatively few spines (DM 1, VM 1/2, VL 2/3) and the prefemur, femur and tibia are not conspicuously punctate.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Asanada socotrana, Cormocephalus anceps and C. cupipes, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.

FIGURES 9–14. Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) coltellus n. sp. Holotype BMNH 1950.3.7.127-136 (São Tomé), except figs 11, 14, paratype female from same collection: Figure 9, posterior part of cephalic plate and TT1–4, dorsal view, scale bar 2 mm; Figure 10, left antenna, dorsal view, scale bar 1 mm; Figure 11, forcipular segment, ventral view, scale bar 1 mm; Figure 12, tooth plates, scale bar 0.5 mm; Figure 13, coxopleuron and sternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment, ventral view, scale bar 1 mm; Figure 14, coxopleuron and sternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment, ventral view, scale bar 1 mm.