Cryptops orthus
nec Cryptops philammus
A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha
Lewis, John G. E.
International Journal of Myriapodology
2011
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Chamberlin, 1951
Chamberlin
1951
Chilopoda
Cryptopidae
Cryptops
CoL
Animalia
Cryptops orthus
Scolopendromorpha
16
27
Arthropoda
species
orthus
Cryptops orthus Chamberlin, 1951Publ. Cult. Cia. Diamant. 10: 108 nec Cryptops philammus: Demange, 1968 Biol. Gabonica 4: 292.
Diagnosis. (Data from Chamberlin 1951). Length: 9 mm. Without dark subcutaneous pigment. Cephalic plate without sutures. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite nearly straight with 3 fine setae on each side. Posterior margin of sternite 21 "gently convex". Pore field widely separated from caudal margin of coxopleuron, with comparatively few pores. Setae of prefemur and femur of ultimate leg fine rather than spine-like; with 4 tibial and 3 tarsal saw teeth.
Distribution. Angola.
Remarks. The limited data provided by Chamberlin (1951)do not allow Cryptops orthuspresently to be separated from Cryptops nigropictus, Cryptops decoratusor Cryptops melanotypusnor from the inadequately described Cryptops campestrisfrom Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is not, as Demange (1968)supposed, a junior synonym of Cryptops philammuswhich belongs to the doriae group of species. The type material should be examined, however, Rowland Shelley (personal communication) writes " Cryptops orthusappears to be lost, as it is not included in my listing of any museum, including the MCZ [Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University], which also has many Chamberlin types." It is here regarded as a nomen dubium.