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Trigonocryptops

Trigonocryptops

Verhoeff, 1906

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Figs 26, 28, 32
Schileyko, Arkady A., Vahtera, Varpu, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020): An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
Diagnosis. Clypeus with setose plate (s) delimited by sutures (Fig. 26, fig. 21 in Schileyko et al. 2018). Pretarsus of maxillae 2 apically pointed, with a ventral projection (as in C. (T.) hephaestus Ázara & Ferreira, 2013 see their fig. 6 C) or without it (as in adult (Rc 7502) of C. (T.) sarasini furcatus (Ribaut, 1923 )). Dorsal brush of maxilla 2 as long as or slightly longer than the corresponding pretarsus. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite bilobed, in most species with long enlarged marginal setae (Fig. 26); tarsungula long, overlapping each other by at least 1 / 3 of their length when adducted. Sternites (Fig. 32) with well-developed transverse thickening between coxae of legs; at least some anterior sternites with endosternites bordered by trigonal sutures, the configurations of these sutures may vary (see Schileyko et al. 2018). Anterior corners of the endosternite of some anterior sternites with lateral projections (Fig. 32).
Schileyko, Arkady A., Vahtera, Varpu, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020): An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
(!) Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) Verhoeff, 1906 Figs 26, 28, 32 Synonyms. Paratrigonocryptops Demange, 1963
Schileyko, Arkady A., Vahtera, Varpu, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020): An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
Number of species. 29 (Schileyko et al. 2018). Remarks. Treated as a subgenus in Edgecombe & Bonato (2011: 393), Murienne et al. (2011: 62), Ázara & Ferreira (2013: 432), Voigtländer & Reip (2013: 220), Bonato et al. 2016, Lewis (2016 a: 575), Schileyko & Stoev (2016: 266), Schileyko et al. (2018: 567). Cryptops (Paratrigonocryptops) was synonymised to C. (Trigonocryptops) by Lewis (2005). Schileyko & Stoev (2016) considered the similarity between Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) and the nominate subgenus; they reconsidered the recent concept of the former, suggesting that (p. 267) “ only species having anterior sternites with complete trigonal sutures and clypeus with setose plate (s) should be assigned to Trigonocryptops ”. Thus “ Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) iporangensis ” Ázara & Ferreira, 2013 should be Cryptops (C.) iporangensis as it has no sternal trigonal sutures. As for Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) similis described by Machado (1953) for four specimens from Southern Spain, it has sternal trigonal sutures that are typical for this subgenus, but there is no information on presence of clypeal setose plate (s) (see pp 85 – 87) and the corresponding figure III (2) is inadequate. Voigtländer & Reip (2013: 220) mentioned another specimen of Cryptops (T.) similis from Southern Spain but gave no information on the two diagnostic characters of this subgenus (see above). Thus inclusion of Cryptops (T.) similis in Trigonocryptops should be questionable at the moment.
Schileyko, Arkady A., Vahtera, Varpu, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020): An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
Synonyms. Paratrigonocryptops Demange, 1963
Schileyko, Arkady A., Vahtera, Varpu, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020): An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
Type species. Cryptops gigas Kraepelin, 1903 (by subsequent designation of Attems, 1930).
Schileyko, Arkady A., Vahtera, Varpu, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020): An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1

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FIGURES 26–32. Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) martinicensis Schileyko, Iorio & Coulis, 2018; Ad. paratype CIRAD P8A 26 head, forcipular segment + LBS 1–3 ventrally; Cryptops (Paracryptops) weberi Pocock, 1891; MCZ DNA 102459 27 forcipular segment ventrally; Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) martinicensis Schileyko, Iorio & Coulis, 2018; Ad. holotype MNHN 459 28 right ultimate leg medially; Cryptops (C.) caucasius Verhoeff, 1934; Ad. Rc 8003 29 cephalic plate + anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite ventrally; Cryptops australis (Newport, 1845); AM KS 30 apical part of maxilla 2 laterally; Cryptops (Paracryptops) weberi Pocock, 1891; MCZ DNA 102459 31 apical part of of maxilla 2 laterally; Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) martinicensis Schileyko, Iorio & Coulis, 2018; Ad. holotype MNHN 459 32 LBS 3 ventrally; (am)—anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, (cl)—clypeus, (cs)—clypeal setose plate, (cst)—forcipular coxosternite, (db)—apical setae of dorsal brush, (es)—enlarged (spiniform) setae, (est)—endosternite, (l)—labrum, (lp)—lateral projection of endosternite, (ls)—long setae, (lsc)—sternal median longitudinal sulcus, (pa)—short rounded projection of anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, (pf)—prefemur, (sl)—sternal median longitudinal suture, (sr)—sternal transverse ridge, (st)—saw teeth, (sts)—sternal transverse suture, (tgs)—sternal trigonal sutures, (ti)—tibia, (tr)—tarsungula, (vp)—ventral projection of pretarsus of maxilla 2.

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An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Schileyko, Arkady A., Vahtera, Varpu, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020): An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1

Abstract

The extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha are critically reviewed and provided with updated diagnoses and a new identification key; the most recent revisions of scolopendromorph genera are concisely summarised. Rhoda Meinert, 1886 and Cryptops (Chromatanops) Verhoeff, 1906 are suggested to be a junior synonyms of Scolopendropsis Brandt, 1841 and Cryptops (Cryptops) Leach, 1814, respectively. The subgeneric status is formally fixed for Cryptops (Paracryptops) Pocock, 1891 and Cormocephalus (Campylostigmus) Ribaut, 1923; the taxonomic status of the former genus Kanparka Waldock & Edgecombe, 2012 is discussed. As a result of synonymies, the number of scolopendromorph genera and subgenera is currently 37. The formal status of the former tribes Scolopendrini Leach, 1814, Asanadini Verhoeff, 1907 and Arrhabdotini Attems, 1930 is briefly discussed; the presence of the sexual dimorphism among the taxa of generic level is overviewed.

Schileyko A A, Vahtera V, Edgecombe G D, plazi (2020). An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

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