A troglobitic species of the centipede Cryptops(Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from northwestern Botswana

Author

Gregory D. Edgecombe
Nesrine Akkari
Edward C. Netherlands
Gerhard Du Preez

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Publication Date

10-22-2020

Publication Title

ZooKeys

Volume Number

977

Abstract

A new species of Cryptops, C. (Cryptops) legagus sp. nov., occurs in caves in the Koanaka and Gcwihaba Hills in northwestern Botswana. Bayesian molecular phylogenetics using 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, 16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I corroborates a morphological assignment to the subgenus Cryptops and closest affinities to southern temperate species in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The new species is not conspicuously modified as a troglomorph.

Keywords

Centipedes, Taxonomy, Cave animals, Phylogeny, Biospeleology

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.977.57088

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Akkari, Nesrine; Netherlands, Edward C.; and Du Preez, Gerhard, "A troglobitic species of the centipede Cryptops(Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from northwestern Botswana" (2020). KIP Articles. 8529.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/8529