Cormocephalus guildingii, Newport, 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 : 572

Cormocephalus guildingii Newport, 1845

Fig. 12

Terra typica: Hispaniola, Greater Antilles.

Recent material from Martinique. 1 spm, TE, Bellefontaine , Fond Boucher, SF, 100 m a.s.l., lat.14,66004, long. - 61,151 47, leg. MC, 08.12.2015 ( CAEC, 68); 3 spms, HC, Sainte-Anne , morne Caritan, SF, 80 m a.s.l., lat.14,42663, long. -60,8829, leg. MC, 08.02.2019 ( CAEC, 101); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Anne , Macabou , Parking vierge des marins, SF, 40 m a.s.l., lat.14,48733, long. -60,81856, leg. Regis Delannoye, 01.10.2019 ( CAEC, 5119); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Anne, morne caritan, SF, 41 m a.s.l., lat.14,4279, long. -60,88373, leg. Maël Dewynter, 22.09.2019 ( CBGP, FAUN 17320 ); 1 spm, HC, Le Diamant , Rocher du Diamant , partie basse, 10 m a.s.l., lat.14,44387, long. -61,03797, leg. MC, 22.10.2019 ( CAEC, 5193); 1 spm, HC, Le Diamant , Rocher du Diamant , Montée , 80 m a.s.l., lat.14,44351, long. -61,03832, leg. MC, 22.10.2019 ( CAEC, 8846); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Anne , morne Manioc , proche sommet, SF, 146 m a.s.l., lat.14,43348, long. -60,85738, leg. Thibaut Ramage, 26.10.2019 ( CAEC, 5263); 1 spm, HC, Le Vauclin, Morne Bellevue, SF, 47 m a.s.l., lat.14,53841, long. -60,84845, leg. MC, 21.01.2021 ( CAEC, 9960); 1 spm, HC, Les Saintes, la Coche, 5 m a.s.l., lat.15,83749, long. -61,60994, leg. TD, 22.05.2022 ( CBGP, FAUN 17321 ) ; 3 spms, HC, La Trinité , Ilet Galion, 30 m a.s.l., lat.-60,93277, long. 14,730 53, leg. MC, 04.10.2022 ( CAEC, 16208) .

Material mentioned in Schileyko et al. (2018). Morne Aca, Le Marin, 22.11.2017, lat. 14.4614, long. -60.9002, 213 m, leg. MC, 1 spm ( CBGP, FAUN 17319 ) .

Additional material. See Schileyko & Cupul-Magaña (2021: 304–305).

Diagnosis. See Schileyko & Cupul-Magaña (2021: 305).

Ecology in Martinique. This species ( Fig. 12 ) is restricted to dry areas (mainly to xerophilic forests) at low altitudes, indicating a clear xerothermophilic tendency.

Range (after Schileyko & Cupul-Magaña 2021: 312). Northern America: Western Mexico; Antilles: from Cuba ( Kraepelin 1904: 251), Cayman Islands and Jamaica to Bonnaire Island near Curaçao; Northern and North-Western regions of South America: Northern Venezuela (Caracas and Puerto Cabello), Ecuador, Western Colombia (Quindío Department and Eastern Cordillera), Northern, Central and Southern Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 12–19. Cormocephalus guildingii Newport, 1845. 12. General view of live specimen, dorsally. Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) salticus Schileyko, Iorio & Coulis 2018. 13. General view of live specimen, dorso-laterally. Rhysida longipes (Newport, 1845). 14. General view of live specimen, dorsally. Cryptops (C.) doriae Pocock, 1891, No 445 (ASU). Photos by Yurii Dyachkov. 15. Head + LBS 1 and 2, dorsally. 16. Right ultimate leg, medially. Cryptops (C.) neocaledonicus muchmorei Lewis, 1989. 17. General view of live specimen, dorsally. Photo by Baptiste Bentameur. No 65 (CAEC-CIRAD). 18. Head + LBS 1 and 2, dorsally. 19. Left ultimate leg, medially.