Cryptops songi Song, Zhu & Liang, 2010

Lewis, John G. E., 2011, A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, International Journal of Myriapodology 4, pp. 11-50 : 31

Cryptops songi Song, Zhu & Liang, 2010

Cryptops songi Song, Zhu & Liang, 2010 Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 35: 378, figs 9-17.

Diagnosis.

Maximum length 22 mm. Cephalic plate with very short posterior paramedian sutures, anterior margin of coxosternite with 3+3 long and 2+2 short setae. Tergites 3-20 with paramedian sulci, without dark subcutaneous pigment, posterior margin of sternite 21 straight, coxopleuron with 26 pores. Ultimate leg tibia with 7-8, tarsus with 2-4 saw teeth. Tarsi of most legs more or less divided.

Distribution.

China.

Remarks.

Cryptops songi would appear to be quite distinct from other Chinese species of the genus. It is clearly related to Cryptops nigropictus , Cryptops decoratus and Cryptops melanotypus but further data are required to establish its exact relationship to them.