Cryptops mauritianus VerhoeOE, 1939

Lewis, JGE, 2002, their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha), Journal of Natural History 36, pp. 79-106 : 91

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5305347
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scientific name	Cryptops mauritianus VerhoeOE
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Cryptops mauritianus VerhoeOE

(®gures 22±35)

Cryptops (Cryptops) mauritianus VerhoeOE, 1939: 94 , table 5, ®gures 22±26.

Diagnosis

(Based on type material and specimens in this collection.) Head with or without short posterior sutures, tergite 1 without ring sulcus, with or without very short anterior sutures. Tergites with paramedian sulci complete from 4, 6 or 8, and with dark subcuticular pigment. Anterior margin of coxosternum: each side with 1 4±41 5 large submarginal setae. Sternite 21 a little wider than long (1.3:1). Coxopleural pores 33±65. Pore ®eld not reaching hind margin. End legs with spine-like setae; femur without saw tooth. Tarsal claw spines of trunk legs minute.

Type material studied

Two specimens in Canada balsam on slides. Syntypes 3952 ZMB 13689 and 3953 ZMB 13689 Mauritius. Localities given by VerhoeOE (1939) but not recorded on the slides: Les Mares, La Ponce, presumably Le Pouce, a mountain SE of Port Louis, height 810 m.