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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

Zoological Museum of the Moscow Lomonosov State University; Bolshaya Nikitskaja Str. 2; Moscow; 125009; Russia
Entomologie & Myriapodologie; 36 impasse des Acacias; 84260 Sarrians; France
CIRAD; UPR GECO; F-97285 Le Lamentin; Martinique; France; GECO; University Montpellier; CIRAD; Montpellier; France
Myriapoda checklist Lesser Antilles morphological data Neotropics new diagnoses new species redescription soil biodiversity taxonomy

Abstract

The paper provides new data and a synthesis on scolopendromorph centipedes of the island of Martinique. Some studied taxa are provided with new illustrated descriptions or diagnoses. Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) amicitia n. sp. is described and its systematic position discussed. Some data on the taxonomy of the subgenus Trigonocryptops Verhoeff, 1906 and a renewed list of its species are given. A complete checklist of the scolopendromorph centipedes of Martinique is presented; for some of the studied species, updated distributions and brief ecological data are provided. New data on some characters used in scolopendromorph taxonomy are provided.

 

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