Cryptops (Cryptops) doriae Pocock, 1891

Dyachkov, Yurii V. & Nedoev, Khozhiakbar Kh., 2021, A contribution to the centipede (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha, Scolopendromorpha) fauna of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, Ecologica Montenegrina 41, pp. 41-50 : 44-45

Cryptops (Cryptops) doriae Pocock, 1891

Fig. 10 .

Cryptops (C.) doriae – Schileyko 2007: 86; Tran et al. 2013: 220 ; Dyachkov 2020b: 178–179, Figs 26–29.

Material. 1 ad. ( ZIN chilo-58), Uzbekistan, [Sirdaryo Region], Golodnaya steppe [ca. N40°25', E68°43'], 1903, coll. GY .

Distribution. Spread in Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan as well as Australian Regions ( Attems 1930; Lewis 1999, 2013; Schileyko 2007; Schileyko & Stoev 2016; Tran et al. 2013), recently recorded from Palaearctic Region: Central Asia ( Kazakhstan) ( Dyachkov 2020c), Uzbekistan (new); introduced to Great Britain ( Lewis 2007).

Remarks. Specimen has a single saw tooth on femur of ultimate leg, tibia with 7 teeth, tarsus 1 with

4 ones (2 poorly developed). This species is new to the centipede fauna of Uzbekistan.

Figures

Figures 8–10. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844 (PSU No. 1486): 8 – head, ventral view; 9 – rear body fragment and prefemora of ultimate legs, dorsal view. Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891 (ZIN chilo-58): 10 – distal part of femur, tibia, tarsus 1 and proximal part of tarsus 2 of ultimate leg, lateral view. Abbreviations: pf – prefemur, f – femur, ti – tibia, ts1 – tarsus 1, ts2 – tarsus 2. Scale: 8, 9 – 1 mm, 10 – 0.2 mm.