Cryptocorypha, Attems, 1807

Enghoff, Henrik, 2022, A mountain of millipedes X: Species of Pyrgodesmidae and Cryptodesmidae in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), European Journal of Taxonomy 845, pp. 66-100 : 81-84

Cryptocorypha (?) sp.

Material examined (7 ♀♀, 2 subad. ♀)

TANZANIA • 1 ♀; Iringa Region, Iringa District, New Dabaga / Ulangambi Forest Reserve, trapsite Kinyonga ; 08°00′26.6″ S, 35°56′06.1″ E; 1910 m a.s.l.; Oct. 2000; Frontier Tanzania leg.; scrub /thicket; NHMD 621841 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; plot Kinyonga ; 24 Oct. 2000; montane forest; NHMD 621842 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 1904 m a.s.l.; 20 Oct. 2000; scrub/ thicket/ bush; NHMD 621843 • 2 ♀♀, 1 subad. ♀; same collection data as for preceding; plot Black Wattle; 08°03′59.2″ S, 35°54′01.3″ E; 2000–2025 m a.s.l.; plantation; NHMD 621844 • 1 subad. ♀; same collection data as preceding; plot 16; 08°05′34.5″ S, 35°55′31.33″ E; 1800–1900 m a.s.l.; 15–16 Nov. 2000; montane; NHMD 621845 • 1 ♀; Iringa Region, Iringa District, West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, Nyati Camp ; 07°48′39.0″ S, 36°28′23.0″ E; 1500 m a.s.l.; 6 Aug. 2000; Frontier Tanzania leg.; montane forest; NHMD 621846 .

Descriptive notes

SIZE. Females: Length 6.5–7.4 mm; maximum body width 1.15–1.30 mm. 18 podous + 1 apodous ring + telson.

OTHER CHARACTERS. As in the three species of Cryptocorypha described above. Notably, some of the specimens have metatergal setae, like C. cactifer sp. nov. (but the setae are smaller and less numerous), whereas others seem to lack such setae.

Remarks

In the absence of males, these specimens, which come from an area where none of the described species have been collected, are not associated with any species. In body size they best match C. cactifer sp. nov., with which some of them also share the metazonital setation.