Table Of ContentRecordsofthe WesternAustralianMuseum 23: 193-198 (2006).
A troglobitic cryptopid centipede (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)
from western Queensland
GregoryD. Edgecombe
AustralianMuseum,6CollegeStreet,Sydney, NSW2010,Australia
Abstract - Cryptops Trigonocryptops camoowealensis sp. nov. from Five
( )
O'Clock cave in the Camooweal district of Queensland, is the second
troglobitic species of the subgenus Trigonocryptops to be described from
Australia. Thenew species is less troglomorphic than is a recently described
congenerfromcavesintheNullarborRegionofWesternAustralia.
INTRODUCTION SYSTEMATICS
The scolopendromorph Cryptops Leach, 1815, is
FamilyCryptopidaeKohlrausch,1881
one of the most diverse centipede genera, with 153
named species (Lewis 2002). Among these, SubfamilyCryptopinaeKohlrausch, 1881
troglomorphic species include members of the
subgenera Cryptops Leach, 1815, and Genus CryptopsLeach,1815
Trigonocryptops Verhoeff, 1906 (see Edgecombe
2005 and Lewis 2005 for discussion of subgenera of Typespecies
Cryptops and diagnostic characters of Scolopendra hortensis Donovan, 1810, by
Trigonocryptops). Troglomorphic species of monotypy.
Cr\rptopshavebeendescribedfromcavesinEurope,
the Canary Islands, Cuba, and Western Australia.
The latter record is based on the highly
troglomorphic C. (Trigt>nocryptops) roeplainsensis
Edgecombe, 2005, which occurs in caves in the
Nullarbor Region. This troglomorph was the first
Australian species to be referred to C.
(Trigonocryptops), which is otherwise known from
Spain, North Africa, tropical West, Central and East
Africa,Peru,Brazil,Cuba,India, Indonesia,and New
Caledonia. Additional records of C.
('Trigonocryptops)inAustralia,aswellasoccurrence
in New Zealand, Fiji and theSolomon Islands, were \CAIRNS
provided bythereassignmentofC. spinipesPocock,
1891,tothatsubgenus(Edgecombe2005).
A new troglobitic species of Cryptops CAMOOWEAL .TOWNSVILLE
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Cryptops Trigonocryptops camoowealensis sp.
( )
nov. occurs in the deep zone of the Five O'Clock
cave,Camooweal CavesNationalPark,24kmsouth ROCKHAMPTON
of the town of Camooweal. The Camooweal caves
are part of the extensive Barkley Karst Region,
developed in the Cambrian Camooweal Dolomite.
Five O'Clock cave (C-36 of Matthews 1985) has a
length of 800 m +/- 10 m, and is dry with
connectionstointermittentstandingwater.
Drawings were prepared with a camera lucida
attachment to a Leica MZ12. Morphological Figure1 Location of Camooweal, northwestern
terminology follows recommendations by Lewis et Queensland. Barkley Karst Region indicated
byshading.
al. (2005).
194 G.D.Edgecombe
Subgenus TrigonocryptopsVerhoeff,1906 two longer setaeand a minute posteromedian seta,
flanked by a longseta just outside its widest point.
Typespecies Pair of posteriorly diverging sutures arises from
Cryptops gigas Kraepelin, 1903, by subsequent posterior apex of the setose area, terminating at
designationofAttems(1930). about half distance to labrum, three short setae
between these sutures. Band of 11 slender,
Cryptops Trigonocryptops camoowealensis moderately long prelabral setae. Labrum with
( ) shallow incision against rounded sclerotised bulge
sp.nov.
Figures2-4 insidepiece,notstronglytridentate.
Maxillipede with anterior edge of coxosternum
Material examined convex on each side, bearing a row ofsix marginal
setae (Figure 3C). Coxosternum bearing only a few
Holotype pairs of moderately long setae, concentrated
Australia: Queensland: CamooweWaAlMarea, c. anteriorly, sparseshort setae. Trochanteroprefemur
20°05'S 138°10'E, Five O'Clock Cave, survey scattered with long to short, fine setae (Figure 3B);
BES:6807, 1995, deep zone of cave (WAM T60508, band of seven mostly longer setae along inner
male: Figures2-4). margin. Single band of setae of varied length on
each of femur and tibia. Tarsungulum articulated
Diagnosis with trochanteroprefemuralongwidehinge.
A Trigonocryptops species with antenna Apical claw ofsecond maxilla with slender hook
extending back to tergite 6; complete paramedian distally, lacking a flange along its inner edge.
sutures on head plate and tergites 1-20; complete Dorsal brush dense, running along distal three-
oblique sutures on tergites 2-7; sternites 2-4 with quartersofarticle3.
anteriortransversesuturethatcurvesforwardsnear Tergite 1 with complete anterior transverse
lateral margin, anterior longitudinal median suture suture; parallel paramedian sutures; posterolateral
running to anterior transverse suture; ultimate leg sutures gently curved forwards, intersecting
with distal spinose process on anterior side of posterior margin at their union with paramedian
femur and tibia; 10/10 saw teeth on tibia, 5/3 on sutures (Figure 2). Lateral longitudinal sutures on
tarsus. tergites 1-19, becoming submarginal by about
Description
Length(anteriormarginofheadplatetoposterior
marginoftelson)37.7mm. Headplate1.6mm long,
mm
antenna9 long.
Head and tergite 1 pale orange; tergites and
sternites 2 and 3 grading to yellow, remainder of
trunk(includinglegs)yellow.
Headplateoverlapstergite1; lengthandwidthof
head platenearlyequal, posteriorcorners rounded,
sides weakly convex outwards for much of their
length, anteriorapex indented; paramedian sutures
diverging anteriorly on head plate (Figure 2),
strongly directed outwards near their anterior
termination; head punctate, with relatively sparse,
scatteredsetae.
Antenna composed of 17 articles; basal article
stout, articles thengraduallyincreasingin lengthto
a maximum along articles 5-10, then gradually
shortening along articles 11-15; last three articles
eachaboutequally long; longestarticles3-3.5times
longerthantheirmaximumwidth. Article1 bearing
strong, lanceolatesetaeofvariedlength (Figure3E),
these strong setae progressively less abundant on
articles 2-5; short setae moderately abundant on
articles2-5;from article6or7,short,finesetaeform
a fur-like covering, with long setae confined to an
irregularwhorlaroundproximalendofeacharticle. Figure2 Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) camoowealensis
Anteriorsetosearea on clypeus diamond shaped, sp. nov. Holotype, WAM T60508. Habitus,
widest at about V4 ofits length (Figure3E), bearing scale1mm.
Troglobitic CryptopsspeciesfromQueensland 195
WAM
Figure3 mCarrygptionposf(mTarxiiglolniopcerdyepctooxposs)tcearmnouomw.eDa,levnesntirsolsapt.enraolv.viHeolwootfypset,erniteandT6c0o5x0o8p.lAe,ursotneronfitsee4g.mBe,ntfor21c.ipEu,leb.otCh,
bpaossatleraionrtesnindae.lSsceaglmeebnatrssa0.n2d5amnmtereixocrespettoF,se0.a1remamo,nacnldypGe,us0..5Fm,man.teriorviewofpretarsusofleg9. G, leg1,
196 G.D.Edgecombe
tergite 6. Complete oblique sutures on tergites 2-7; sides of prefemur, mostly slender setae on dorsal
incomplete oblique sutures on tergite 8. Lateral side; robust lanceolate setae confined to posterior
region delimited by lateral longitudinal sutures cut andventral sidesoffemur,anteriorand dorsalsides
by two sutures, one representing the distal part of withslendersetae;tibial and tarsalsetaeexclusively
theobliquesutures on tergites 2-7butmaintaining slender; 10/10saw teeth on tibia (Figure4A), 5/3on
the same position even when oblique sutures are tarsus 1 (Figure 4B); inner margin of tarsus 2 a
incomplete or absent (tergites 8-19). Paramedian ridge. Pair ofgently divergent accessory spurs half
sutures converging anteriorly on tergite 2, parallel lengthofpretarsuson legs1-20(Figure3F);anterior
alongmuchoftheirlengthontergites3-20butwith accessory spur slightly longer than posterior spur;
weak divergence in their anterior part and more accessoryspurslackingonultimateleg.
marked divergence in their posterior part; Sternite 21 with sides weakly convex and
paramedian sutures weakly convergent on converging posteriorly; posterior corners rounded,
pretergite 1, parallel on pretergites 2-4, divergent hind edge approximately transverse. Coxopleural
on pretergites 5-20. Shallow crescentic sulci on pore field elliptical, terminating at a distance from
tergites4-20. Anteriortrunktergiteswithjusta few posterior margin of coxopleuron about half the
pairs of short and moderately long setae; mostly heightoftheporefield, with up to40pores (Figure
symmetrically-paired setae more numerous on 3D), nosetaeamidstthepores. Rowofthreeorfour
posterior tergites. Tergite 21 slightly longer than robust lanceolate setae above pore field, two
wide, posteriormargin with rounded apex;shallow lanceolatesetaebehind porefield. Posterior margin
longitudinal median depression along posterior of coxopleuron bearing seven strong setae and a
two-thirdsoftergite. fewfinesetae.
Sternites 2-4 with anterior region bounded by
transverse suture that curves forwards near lateral
margin of sternum (Figure 3A) and is bisected DISCUSSION
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anterolateralcornerofsternite;longitudinalmedian sternitesanda projection attheanterolateralcorner
suture and curved lateral part of transverse suture of the endosternite (Figure 3A), an anterior setose
distinctonsternites5-7. Sternites 2-19with curved area on the clypeus delimited by sutures (Figure
transverse sulcus; shallow longitudinal sulcus on 3E), the head overlying tergite 1 and a transverse
sternites 4-19, their intersection forming a large suture on tergite 1 (Figure 2), distal spinose
depression. Sternites sparsely scattered with projections on the femur and tibia of the ultimate
moderately long, symmetrically-paired setae, leg (Figures 4C, D), and bipartite tarsi on all legs
mostly concentrated near margins; inner part of (Figure3G).
sternites with numerous short, fine setae; setae The new species does not exhibit the extreme
coarsest on sternite 1. Anterior branch of trigonal troglomorphic characters of Cryptops
stuwtourseusbpcaormapllleelteroownsstoefrsnihtoerst3s-e6t.aeEn(dFoisgtuerren3iAt)e.with o(rTrCi.go(n72o)crtyrpotgloopbsi)ursoMepalfaiicnseetnsali„s1E9d7g7e,choamvbien,g2o0n0l5,y
Spiracleselongateelliptical. moderate elongation of the antennal articles, legs
tparrLesefugessmu1rre0l0.a.9t9ivmmemlmy,llotonangrg,sufasenm2dur0t.h03i.5n8,mmem.mg,.,ctilobemigapa11.r00edmwimtt,ho oa(fTnrdtigrtooengrolgciortmyeopstropcphosym).p(ai.Iren.e,dasdhdtoiorttieeorpnigateonatinetnsnslapeeescsiearensddeoglfergeCse.,
tergal widthof1.55mm.All tarsistronglybipartite. fewer saw teeth on the ultimate leg), the new
Leg 1 (Figure 3G) with robust lanceolate to species is distinguished from C. (T.) roeplainsensis
subspiniform setae on all surfaces ofprefemur and byitscontinuousparamediansutureson tergites1-
mfeomruer,slselnidgehrtloynmotarresuss;lefnrdoermolengt2i,bilaa,nccoeonlsaitdeersaebtlaye s3,palrasteerrasletlaotnigointuodnintahlesturtuunrkessteornnitteesr,gimtaexi1;llmipuecdhe
onprefemurtotibiamoreslenderandofmoreeven coxosternum, and forcipule; fewerfinesetae on the
thickness on each podomere; tarsal setae shorter, proximal parts of legs 20 and 21; single (versus
slender. Leg20 prefemur and femur about equally paired) distal spinose processes on the femur and
long; tarsus2 0.54 times as long as tarsus 1 (Figure tibia of leg 21; and far fewer coxopleural pores on
4F); lacking dense tufts of setae ventrally. Ultimate leg21.
mm
leg: prefemur2.1 long, femur 1.8 mm, tibia 1.3 Cryptops Trigonocryptops camoowealensisand
mm, tarsus 1 0.9 mm, tarsus 2 1.4 mm; prefemur C. (T.) spini(pesPocock, 1891,)the latterknown from
and femur 4.5 and 4.7 times longer, respectively, NewSouthWales (SydneyandtheBlueMountains:
than their maximal widths at distal ends (Figure Chamberlin 1920), Queensland(Blackal Rangesand
4E); distal spinoseprocessonanteriorsideoffemur Atherton Tablelands: Kraeplin 1916), Fiji, the
and tibia, lacking on posterior side; robust Solomon Islands (Chamberlin 1920) and New
lanceolate setae on anterior, posterior and ventral Zealand (Archey 1924), share continuous
Troglobitic CryptopsspeciesfromQueensland 197
WAM
Figure4 Cryptops(Trigonocryptops)camoowealensissp.nov.Holotype, T60508.A-E,leg21.A,tibia.B, tarsus
b1a.rCs,0D.,25dimstmaleexncdeptofE,tibF,ia0.a5nmdmf.emur, dorsalviews. E, posteriorviewofleg. F, leg20, posteriorview. Scale
198 G.D.Edgecombe
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(longer legs, e.g., the ultimate leg having a Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda).
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