Cryptops (Cryptops) caucasius Verhoeff, 1934

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Zuev, Roman V. & Gichikhanova, Uzlipat A., 2022, Centipedes (Chilopoda) from the Dagestan, northern Caucasus, Russia, Ecologica Montenegrina 52, pp. 68-89 : 77-78

Cryptops (Cryptops) caucasius Verhoeff, 1934

Type locality: Sotshi im Nordkaukasus [ Russia, Krasnodar Territory, Sochi] ( Verhoeff 1934) .

Figs 34–40 .

Cryptops caucasius – Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1992: 370.

Cryptops (C.) caucasius – Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991: 31; Zuev 2016: 31; Zuev & Evsyukov 2016: 421.

Material. 1 ad. ( ASU No. 339) , 1 ad. ( ASU No. 340), Dagestan, Kumtorkalinsky District , 2 km S Sarykum sand dune, stony steppe, under stones, N42°59', E47°13', 220 m, 10–11. V.2021, coll. YD, AF ; 1 ad. ( ASU No. 345), Sergokalinsky District, 1.2 km NW from Vanashimakhi Village , stony steppe, under stones, N42°24'42.35", E47°35'26.41", 800 m, 06. V.2021, coll. YD ; 1 ad. ( ASU No 346), Gunib District, 4 km NW from Gunib , Kaligeg Mt , stony steppe, under stones, N42°24'48.94", E46°55'32.31", 1870 m, 07.V.2021, coll. YD, AF; 2 sad. ( ZMUS), Buynaksky District , near Chirkey, shore of Chirkeyskoe reservoir, semi-desert, under stones, N42°59', E46°53', 400 m, 7.VI.2021, coll. RZ, EB .

Previous records. According to the map by Zalesskaja & Schileyko (1992: Fig. 5 ), C. caucasius occurs in the Dagestan, but this is not indicated in the text.

Distribution. A Caucasian species, also known from the Crimea; a sole specimen is known from Turkmenistan ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992; Zuev 2016). Russia: Krasnodar Territory ( Verhoeff 1934), Rostov-on-Don Region ( Zuev & Evsyukov 2016), Stavropol Territory (Zuev 2016), Dagestan, and Crimea ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992).

Figures

Figures 34–40. Cryptops (C.) caucasius Verhoeff, 1934 (ASU No. 338: 34; No. 339: 35–38; No. 340: 39–40): 34 – head ant T1, dorsally; 35 – labrum, ventrally; 36 – ultimate LBS and postpedal segments, ventrally; 37 – anterior margin of forcipular coxostenite, ventrally; 38 – ultimate leg, laterally; 39, 40 – tarsus 1 and tibia of left ultimate leg, laterally; Abbreviations: ps – paramedian sutures, ts – transverse suture, ta1 – tarsus 1, ta2 – tarsus 2, ti – tibia. Scale: 0.1 mm (35, 37, 39–40), 0.2 mm (34, 36, 38).

Figures 5–9. Henia bicarinata (Meinert, 1870) (ASU No. 334; ♀): 5 – head and first LBS, ventrally; 6 – LBS of midbody, ventrally; 7, 8, 9 – ultimate LBS and postpedal segments, ventrally and laterally. Abbreviations: pf – ventral porefield, cp – coxopleural pores. Scale: 0.1 mm.