Cryptops (T.) cf. sarasini furcatus ( Ribaut, 1923 )

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 : 585

Cryptops (T.) cf. sarasini furcatus ( Ribaut, 1923)

Figs 34, 35

Locus typicus of Cryptops (T.) sarasini furcatus: New Caledonia, Canala, Koné.

Material. Brazil, Sao Paolo, Butantan , 15.08.1996, leg. Golovatsch S.I., 1 ad. ( ZMMU, Rc 7502) .

Description (based on adult ZMMU, Rc 7502). Body length ca 35 mm. Antennae of 17 articles of them 3 basal ones both dorsally and ventrally with some long setae, which form a basal ring on articles 2–17; articles 4–17 densely covered by minute setae. Cephalic plate with complete paramedian sutures. Clypeus with large (as long as ½ of clypeal length) rhomboid setose plate, which bears (at least) 2 long setae and a few minute ones; 2–3 seta at each side of setose plate. Forcipular coxosternite with median suture as long as 1/2 length of coxosternite; anterior margin of coxosternite very strongly bilobed with 11+11 marginal setae.

Tergite 1 with anterior transverse suture and paramedian sutures, their anterior parts W-shaped ( Fig. 34 ); outer branches of this W cross transverse suture, stretching to anterior margin of tergite 1. Anterior margin of the latter covered by cephalic plate; tergite 2 lacks any sutures, tergites 3–20 with complete paramedian sutures. Sternites 2–19 with incomplete (somewhat shortened both anteriorly and posteriorly) median longitudinal sulcus and well-developed transverse sulcus (ridge?) between the coxae. Sternite 4 with well-developed X-shaped trigonal sutures, no other (!) sternites with these sutures visible. Legs with tarsus definitely bipartite, pretarsi with well-visible accessory spines.

Ultimate LBS ( Fig. 35 ): sternite, coxopleuron, ventro-lateral and medial surfaces of both prefemur and femur of the corresponding legs with numerous short and enlarged spine-like setae (spines?), which are few on sternite 21 and coxopleural structures, but very (!) numerous on basal articles of the ultimate legs ( Fig. 35 ). Coxopleural pore field oval, bordered posteriorly by a poreless area. Ultimate femur with 1, tibia with 11–12 and tarsus 1 with 5 (4 large + 1 minute) saw teeth.

Range. New Caledonia (Koné; Canala; Mt. Canala); Brazil (Sao Paolo).

Remarks. Such a disjunct distribution of C. sarasini var. furcatus ( New Caledonia and Brazil) seems unnatural. Moreover, the adult specimen studied (ZMMU, Rc 7502) is clearly differs from the original description of C. sarasini var. furcatus lacking paired lateral cephalic sutures. Thus, the specimen studied may be a representative of a new species, but since we have a single specimen, for now we consider it as C. (T.) cf. sarasini furcatus.

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.