Scolopocryptops melanostoma, Nrewport, 1845

Schileyko, Arkady, Iorio, Etienne & Coulis, Mathieu, 2024, A synthesis on the scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) of Martinique, with description of Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) amicitia n. sp. and new data on some Neotropical scolopendromorphs, Zootaxa 5486 (4), pp. 563-599 : 586-587

Scolopocryptops melanostoma Newport, 1845

Fig. 36

Locus typicus: St. Vincent Island, Lesser Antilles.

Recent material from Martinique. 1 spm, HC from deadwood on the ground, Gros-Morne, trace de La Palourde, SF, 566 m a.s.l., lat.14,72476, long. -61,07079, leg. MC, 08.01.2019 ( CAEC, 34); 2 spms, HC in epiphyte, Morne-Rouge, Yang Ting, PF, 594 m a.s.l., lat.14,7457, long. -61,1262, leg. MC, 01.11.2018 ( CAEC, 49); 1 spm, HC from deadwood on the ground, Fond-Saint-Denis, YangTing, Morne Fumé, PF, 544 m a.s.l., lat.14,74523, long. -61,12508, leg. MC, 01.11.2018 ( CAEC, 58); 1 spm, HC in in deadwood on the ground, Fond-Saint-Denis, YangTing, Morne Fumé, PF, 577 m a.s.l., lat.14,74557, long. -61,12561, leg. MC, 01.11.2018 ( CAEC, 64); 1 spm, HC, Fond-Saint-Denis, Piton Boucher, PF, 1059 m a.s.l., lat.14,71461, long. -61,10501, leg. MC, 25.02.2018 ( CAEC, 16306); 1 spm, HC, Morne-Rouge, morne Calebassier, SF, 740 m a.s.l., lat.14,79976, long. -61,14351, leg. MC, 31.01.2019 ( CAEC, 819); 2 spms, HC from deadwood on the ground, Macouba, PF, 774 m a.s.l., lat.14,82897, long. -61,16574, leg. MC, 30.01.2019 ( CAEC, 272); 4 spms, HC from deadwood on the ground, Macouba, PF, 550 m a.s.l., lat.14,83895, long. -61,1646, leg. MC, 30.01.2019 ( CAEC, 114); 1 spm, TE, Le Lorrain, Rivière Sylvetre, PF, 260 m a.s.l., lat.14,77525, long. -61,06527, leg. MC, 11.05.2016 ( CAEC, 83); 13 spms, TE, Le Lorrain, Rivière Sylvetre, PF, 260 m a.s.l., lat.14,77525, long. -61,06527, leg. MC, 11.05.2016 ( CAEC, 266); 1 spm, TE, Saint-Joseph, Plateau Perdrix, PF, 550 m a.s.l., lat.14,68827, long. -61,08061, leg. MC, 21.03.2017 ( CAEC, 835); 1 spm, TE, Schoelcher, Plateau Clarck, PF, 531 m a.s.l., lat.14,68206, long. -61,10365, leg. MC, 21.03.2017 ( CAEC, 840); 1 spm, HC, Schoelcher, Plateau Concorde, PF, 582 m a.s.l., lat.14,67913, long. -61,10634, leg. MC, 28. 28.08.2017 ( CAEC, 227); 1 spm, HC, Morne-Rouge, Pelée Mountain, 1147 m a.s.l., lat.14,812202, long. -61,17073, leg. MC, 17.02.2018 ( CBGP, FAUN 17337); 1 spm, HC, Basse-pointe, Haut Gradis, BN, 327 m a.s.l., lat.14,84097, long. -61,13619, leg. MC, 25.05.2018 ( CAEC, 235); 1 spm, HC, Saint-Joseph, plateau Perdrix, PF, 625 m a.s.l., lat.14,69361, long. -61,08308, leg. Thibaut Ramage, 01.10.2018 ( CAEC, 397); 1 spm, TE, Le Lorrain, Morne Capot, BN, 209 m a.s.l., lat.14,8083, long. -61,093, leg. MEJ, 24.05.2018 ( CAEC, 811); 1 spm, TE, Ajoupa-Bouillon, SF, 272 m a.s.l., lat.14,80537, long. -61,11318, leg. MEJ, 03.05.2018 ( CAEC, 810); 1 spm, HC in epiphyte, Le Lorrain, Morne du Lorrain, PF, 695 m a.s.l., lat.14,7299, long. -61,07776, leg. MC, 13.10.2019 ( CBGP, FAUN 17337); 1 spm, HC in epiphyte, Fond-Saint-Denis, Plateau Boucher, PF, 682 m a.s.l., lat.14,71862, long. -61,10059, leg. ML, 31.01.2020 ( CAEC, 5670); 1 spm, HC in epiphyte, Schoelcher, Pitons du Carbet, moutain pass between Alma and Dumeauzé, PF, 995 m a.s.l., lat.14,69767, long. -61,10392, leg. ML, 20.02.2020 ( CAEC, 9266); 1 spm, HC in epiphyte, Fond-Saint-Denis, Piton Boucher, PF, 1006 m a.s.l., lat.14,71166, long. -61,10628, leg. ML, 14.05.2020 ( CAEC, 9403); 1 spm, HC, Grand-Rivièиre, Morne Macouba, PF, 1068 m a.s.l., lat.14,82098, long. -61,16589, leg. ML, 17.02.2020 ( CAEC, 16246); 1 spm, HC in epiphyte, Morne Vert, piton Lacroix, PF, 1204 m a.s.l., lat.14,69864, long. -61,11345, leg. QG, 30.01.2022 ( CAEC, 12017).

Material mentioned in Schileyko et al. (2018). Plateau Clark, Schoelcher, lat. 14.68205, long. -61.1037, 520 m, leg. MC, 30.08.2017, 2 spms ( CBGP, FAUN 17338).

Additional material. E Indonesia, West Papua Province, S Bird’s Neck, 2 ad. ( ZMMU, Rc 7503, Rc 7504) . Dominican Republic, St. Cristobal , 1 sad. ( ZMMU, Rc 7075) . Venezuela: 5 spm ( ZMMU, Rc 7169, Rc 7170, Rc 7172), Aragua State; 1 sad. ( ZMMU, Rc 7171), Miranda State . Brazil, Amazonas State, 1 ad. ( ZMMU, Rc 7173) .

Diagnosis. See Schileyko (2014: 154), Schileyko & Stoev (2016: 250).

Ecology in Martinique. This species ( Fig. 36 ) is found in the humid areas being mainly collected in the rain forests, but some specimens are observed in certain high-altitude cultivated environments such as banana plantations.

Range (after Le, Schileyko & Nguyen 2023: 432, improved). North America: Mexico; Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala to Panama; Greater Antilles: Puerto Rico, Haiti ( Dominican Republic), Lesser Antilles: Martinique, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad; South America: Venezuela (States: Aragua, Miranda, Zulia), Colombia (Pacific, Andean and Amazonian Regions), Ecuador, Peru, Brazil. South East Asia and Australasia: Nicobar Island, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, West Papua Province), Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands.

Remarks. The present data indicate a high-altitude distribution of S. melanostoma , since the overwhelming majority of our specimens were collected above 550 m; however Chagas-Jr et al. (2014) recorded for the Colombian population of this species a very wide altitudinal range (from 60 to 2760 m).

Figures

FIGURES 32–36. Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) iheringi (Brölemann, 1902), Rc 7315 (ZMMU). 32. Head + LBS 1 and 2, dorsally. 33. LBS 21 + prefemur and femur of left leg 20, ventrally. Cryptops (T.) sarasini furcatus (Ribaut, 1923), Rc 7502 (ZMMU). 34. LBS 1, dorsally. 35. LBS 21 + ultimate leg, ventrally. Scolopocryptops melanostoma Newport, 1845, Rc 7503 (ZMMU). 36. General view, dorsally. Scale bar: 5 mm.