Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810)

Shelley, Rowland M. & Sikes, Derek S., 2012, Centipedes and Millipeds (Arthropoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, and a Consolidation of Major References on the Myriapod Fauna of “ Lesser ” Caribbean Islands Rowland M. Shelley, Insecta Mundi 2012 (221), pp. 1-9 : 4

Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810)

Published records. None.

Locality. Dancing Place Trail Trailhead (17.62452°N, 63.23713°W, +10’), 328m, 20m extent, leaf litter Berlese, 1 ind., 13 March 2008, DS Sikes, JASlowik, GD Alpert. New Island Record.

Remarks. The specimen, demineralized and lacking the caudal legs, is in poor condition, but the tarsungula overlap when closed and the first tergite overlaps the caudal margin of the cephalic plate, so we are comfortable with the generic and specific determinations. A European species, C. hortensis has been introduced into urban environments across the continental US ( Shelley 2002a); Demange (1981) reported C. h. pauciporus Brölemann, 1908, from Guadeloupe.