Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor n. sp. a remarkable troglobitic species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Brazil

Author

Ludson Neves De Ázara
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

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Publication Date

6-27-2014

Publication Title

Zootaxa

Volume Number

3826

Issue Number

1

Abstract

Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor is here described from Toca do Gonçalo cave, Bahia state, Brazil. This species presents highly troglomorphic traits and can be separated from all other species of Cryptops by possessing a unique trait in Scolopendromorpha: the ultimate pair of legs presents saw teeth on each of the prefemur to tarsus 2 (rather than being concentrated on the tibia and tarsus 1) numbering 28+30+14+17+17.

Keywords

Centipedes, Taxonomy, Cave animals, Biospeleology, Species diversity

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.10

Language

English

Recommended Citation

De Ázara, Ludson Neves and Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, "Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor n. sp. a remarkable troglobitic species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Brazil" (2014). KIP Articles. 8524.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/8524