Cryptops (Cryptops) doriae Pocock 1891
Creators: name: Schileyko, Arkady
name: Iorio, Etienne
name: Coulis, Mathieu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Scolopendromorpha
Cryptopidae
Cryptops
Cryptops doriae

description: Cryptops (Cryptops) cf. doriae Pocock, 1891
Figs 15, 16
Terra typica of C. (C.) doriae: Myanmar (Burma): Pegu, Palon; Upper Irrawaddy, Shwegoo; Carin Mount, Asciuii Ghecu district, village of Chiala.
Recent material from Martinique. 2 spms, TE, Le Lorrain, Morne Capot, BN, 209 m a.s.l., lat.14,8083, long. -61,093, leg. MEJ, 05.04.2018 (CAEC, 6796); 2 spms, TE, Ajoupa-Bouillon, Exploitation Eden, BN, 303 m a.s.l., lat.14,81306, long. -61,11788, leg. MEJ, 03.05.2018 (CAEC, 6565); 2 spms, TE, Basse-pointe, Exploitation Eyma, BN, 56 m a.s.l., lat.14,86277, long. -61,11203, leg. MEJ, 13.06.2018 (CAEC, 5805); 1 spm, TE, Le Lorrain, Anse Charpentier, BN, 102 m a.s.l., lat.14,80292, long. -61,02651, leg. MEJ, 18.05.2018 (CAEC, 6710); 2 spms, TE, Basse-pointe, Exploitation Hackaert, BN, 143 m a.s.l., lat.14,85636, long. -61,12798, leg. MEJ, 14.06.2018 (CAEC, 802); 2 spms, TE, Macouba, Exploitation Macouba, BN, 100 m a.s.l., lat.14,87121, long. -61,14237, leg. MEJ, 19.06.2018 (CAEC, 6957); 3 spms, TE, Basse-pointe, Exploitation Moulin Etang, BN, 57 m a.s.l., lat.14,85751, long. -61,10553, leg. MEJ, 22.03.2018 (CAEC, 6359); 1 spm, TE, Basse-pointe, Pecoul, SF, 186 m a.s.l., lat.14,83731, long. -61,11424, leg. MEJ, 21.06.2018 (CAEC, 801); 1 spm, HC, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Lézarde, BN, 66 m a.s.l., lat.14,66262, long. -60,99917, leg. MC, 10.05.2019 (CAEC, 698); 5 spms, HC, Le Lamentin, Petit Morne, BN, 11 m a.s.l., lat.14,60838, long. -60.98023, leg. MC, 14.04.2022 (CAEC, 12112); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Marie, Ilet Saint Aubin, 30 m a.s.l., lat.14,77344, long. -60,9641, leg. MC, 20.09.2022 (CAEC, 16278); 2 spms, TE,Ajoupa-Bouillon, Exploitation Eden, banana fallow, 296 m a.s.l., lat.14,80856, long. -61,11657, leg. MEJ, 12.06.2018 (CBGP, FAUN 17330); 1 spm, TE, Ajoupa-Bouillon, Exploitation Eden, BN, 303 m a.s.l., lat.14,81306, long. -61,11788, leg. MEJ, 03.05.2018 (CBGP, FAUN 17329); 2 spms, Quadra litière, Le Lorrain, Morne Capot, BN, 181 m a.s.l., lat.14,80888, long. -61,10179, leg. MEJ, 27.04.2018 (CBGP, FAUN 17328).
Additional material. Collection of ZMMU has 93 lots (nearly 170 specimens) of C. (C.) doriae mainly from Vietnam (throughout the country), but also from E Nepal (Sagarmatha Zone, Koshi Province), W Nepal (Dhaulagiri Zone, Gandaki Province), Malaysia (Pahang State), Indonesia (Sumatra), Philippines (Luzon), E Indonesia (West Papua Province), Tonga Islands (Niuafo’ou Island), Kazakhstan (Turkistan formerly South Kazakhstan Region, ZMMU Rc 7713–7715), Uzbekistan (Surxondaryo or Surkhandarya Region, ASU 445, Figs 15, 16) and Tajikistan (Sughd Province, ZMMU Rc 8000, 8001, 8292 and Khatlon Region, ZMMU Rc 7951, 8022).
Diagnosis. See Schileyko (2007: 88), Lewis (2013: 14) and Schileyko & Stoev (2016: 264).
Ecology in Martinique. These small cryptopids are widespread in Martinique, especially in cultivated areas; they can be found in the soil at a depth of 10 cm or more, which indicates the endogenous nature of this species.
Range of C. doriae (after Schileyko & Stoev 2016: 264, extended). It is the most widespread and common Cryptops species in South Asia and neighboring regions, found in Myanmar, East and West Nepal, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java and Sumatra Islands), E Indonesia, New Guinea Island, Philippines (Luzon and Panay Islands), SW Australia (Collie), Tonga Islands (Niuafo’ou Island), Seychelles. Kazakhstan (Turkistan Region), Uzbekistan (Surxondaryo Region;) and Tajikistan (Sughd Province and Khatlon Region) were added to the range of this species recently (Dyachkov 2023). This species is introduced into the Lesser Antilles (Martinique); it has been also found in the UK in a “wet tropical biome … in Cornwall ” (Lewis 2007).
Remarks. The studied specimens undoubtedly belong to the doriae -group (sensu Lewis, 2013: 2) by the main diagnostic characters (absence of transverse suture of tergite 1 and presence of saw tooth on the ultimate leg femur) and closely corresponding morphologically with C. (C.) doriae. The latter species is the most widespread (and abundant) one of this group and is widely introduced in various parts of the World, including Europe (in heated greenhouses; Lewis 2007, 2013), the most recent report being from Switzerland (Gilgado et al., 2022). Thus we tentatively regard the studied form (which is well acclimatized in Martinique) as C. (C.) doriae.
We believe this species to be much more widespread than currently reported due to a lack of sufficient samples and certain difficulties in identifying small cryptopids.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 563-599 in Zootaxa 5486 (4) on pages 576-577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13210600