Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) salticus Schileyko, Iorio & Coulis 2018
Creators: name: Schileyko, Arkady
name: Iorio, Etienne
name: Coulis, Mathieu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Scolopendromorpha
Scolopendridae
Otostigmus
Otostigmus salticus

description: Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) salticus Schileyko, Iorio & Coulis 2018
Fig. 13
Locus typicus: Morne Platine, Le Lorrain, Martinique Island, Lesser Antilles.
Recent material from Martinique. 1 spm, HC, La Trinité, La Richard, BN, 240 m a.s.l., lat.14,72794, long. - 61,007 81, leg. MC, 14.11.2018 (CAEC, 40); 1 spm, TE, Bellefontaine, Cheval Blanc, SF, 300 m a.s.l., lat.14,66632, long. -61,14524, leg. MC, 22.09.2016 (CAEC, 71); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Anne, morne Caritan, SF, 80 m a.s.l., lat.14,42663, long. -60,8829, leg. MC, 08.02.2019 (CAEC, 151); 1 spm, HC under rock, Le Diamant, SF, 344 m a.s.l., lat.14,50798, long. -61,02565, leg. MC, 06.02.2019 (CAEC, 124); 1 spm, HC, Morne Vert, GR, 385 m a.s.l., lat.14,70773, long. -61,13128, leg. MC, 29.04.2018 (CAEC, 236); 1 spm, TE, Bellefontaine, Cheval Blanc, SF, 300 m a.s.l., lat.14,66632, long. -61,14524, leg. MC, 23.12.2016 (CAEC, 6291); 1 spm, HC, Le Marin, Morne Sulpice, 250 m a.s.l., lat.14,50182, long. -60,87158, leg. Nicolas Moulin, 21.11.2017 (CAEC, 16304); 2 spms, PFT, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Lézarde, CIRAD station, BN, 66 m a.s.l., lat.14,66355, long. -60,9964, leg. MC, 21.08.2019 (CAEC, 5523); 1 spm, HC, Schoelcher, Ravine Anbaso, PT, 45 m a.s.l., lat.14,63881, long. -61,10597, leg. MC, 18.09.2019 (CAEC, 4836); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Anne, morne Manioc, SF, 146 m a.s.l., lat.14,43348, long. -60,85738, leg. Regis Delannoye, 04.04.2018 (CAEC, 5116); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Luce, forêt de Montravail, SF, 244 m a.s.l., lat.14,50044, long. -60,93071, leg. Maël Dewynter, 21.09.2019 (CBGP, FAUN 17224); 1 spm, Malaise trap, Marigot, Bois Duhaumont, 380 m a.s.l., lat.14,78411, long. 61,047 68, leg. Thibaut Ramage, 25.10.2019 (CAEC, 5211); 1 spm, HC in aerial deadwood, Les Trois-Ilets, Morne Bigot, PF, 408 m a.s.l., lat.14,51719, long. -61,06653, leg. MC, 24.10.2019 (CAEC, 5450); 1 spm, HC in epiphyte, Schoelcher, Boucle Absalon, PF, 500 m a.s.l., lat.- 61,098 49, long. 14,677 5, leg. MC, 21.10.2020 (CAEC, 9533); 1 ad. ♂, HC, Les Trois-Ilets, Morne Bigot, PF, 408 m a.s.l., lat.14,51719, long. -61,06653, leg. Philippe Ravat, 20.03.2020 (CBGP, FAUN 17223); 1 spm, HC in epiphyte, Morne Vert, Morne Piquet, PF, 1084 m a.s.l., lat.14,70837, long. -61,11555, leg. QG, 30.01.2022 (CAEC, 12022); 1 spm, HC in dead wood on the ground, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Lézarde, CIRAD station, Parcelle RIZ, BN, 66 m a.s.l., lat.14,66383, long. -60,99636, leg. Julie Senecal, 22.06.2022 (CAEC, 12261); 1 spm, HC, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Lézarde, CIRAD station, BN, 66 m a.s.l., lat.14,66332, long. -60,99682, leg. Julie Senecal, 30.06.2022 (CAEC, 16055); 1 spm, HC, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Lézarde, CIRAD station, BN, 66 m a.s.l., lat.14,66262, long. -60,99917, leg. MC, 24.05.2018 (CAEC, 16302).
Material mentioned in Schileyko et al. (2018). Holotype: as locus typicus, 28.04.2016, lat. 14.7591, long. -61.0698 (WGS84), 451 m, 1 ad. ♂ (No P 2, MNHN). Paratypes: Morne Moulinguet, Morne Vert, 20.07.2015, lat. 14.7039, long. -61.1477, 460 m, 1 sad. (No TP, CAEC 17291); Plateau Fond Laillet, Bellefontaine, 23.12.2016, lat. 14.6663, long. -61.1452, 300 m, 1 juv. (No Z 3B, CAEC 6291); summit of Piton Boucher, Fond-Saint-Denis, 21.05.2017, lat. 14.7146, long. -61.1050, 1059 m, 1 juv. (No P6, CAEC 17292); Morne Manioc, summit, Sainte-Anne, 27.05.2017, lat. 14.4335, long. -60.8574, 146 m, 1 ad. ♀ (No MT1, CBGP, FAUN 17222); Morne Manioc, summit, Sainte-Anne, 27.05.2017, lat. 14.4335, long. -60.8574, 146 m, 1 ad. ♀ (No MT1, CAEC 16273) Morne Aca, Le Marin, 22.11.2017, lat. 14.4614, long. -60.9002, 213 m, 1 ad. ♀ (No ACA2, MNHN); Morne Aca, Le Marin, 22.11.2017, lat. 14.4634, long. -60.8991, 254 m, 1 ad. ♀ (No ACA1, CEI); Canyon Gendarme, Fonds-Saint-Denis, 23.10.2016, lat. 14.72398, long. - 61.105, 561 m, 1 spm (No LJ, CAEC 237); Jardin Xavier, Claplet, Le Morne Vert, 29.04.2018, lat. 14.70773, long. -61.13128, 561 m, 1 spm (No XG, CAEC 236).
Diagnosis. See Schileyko et al. (2018: 564).
Ecology in Martinique. See Schileyko et al. 2018.
Range. Endemic to Martinique island (Lesser Antilles).
Remarks. Relatively ubiquitous species but is never locally abundant. The tendency for an arboreal mode of life has already been mentioned for this species (Schileyko et al. 2018). Those data are confirmed by new specimens collected in arboreal habitats (aerial deadwood and epiphyte) and the specimen collected by a Malaise trap (which is quite unusual for the scolopendromorphs).
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 573-574, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13210600