A review of the species in the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 from the Old World related to Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)

The subgenus Cryptops may be divided into those species with, and those without, an anterior transverse suture on tergite 1. The latter group may be further separated into species with the ultimate leg femur without a saw tooth or teeth (here termed the hortensis group) and those with one or more (here termed the doriae group). The species of the Old World of the hortensis group are the subject of this paper. Where possible, the non-European type material has been examined and data for European species added from the literature. C. omissus Ribaut, 1915 (Kenya), C. mirus Chamberlin, 1920 (Tahiti) and C. arapuni Archey, 1922 (New Zealand), lacking ultimate legs cannot be assigned to either the hortensis or the doriae group. C. inermipes Pocock, 1888, which lacks saw teeth on the ultimate legs is considered here. C. nanus Attems, 1938 (Hawaii), C. navis Chamberlin, 1930 (Singapore), C. philammus Attems, 1928 (Southern Africa), C. sinesicus Chamberlin, 1940 (China), C. stupendus Attems, 1928 (South Africa) and C. tahi tianus Chamberlin, 1920 (Tahiti) appear from their descriptions to belong to the hortensis group but have a prefemoral saw tooth or teeth and thus belong to the doriae group. The following species are regarded as valid: C. covertus Chamberlin, 1951, C. daszaki Lewis, 2002, C. decoratus Lawrence, 1960, C. hortensis (Donovan, 1810), C. inermipes Pocock, 1888, C. lobatus Verhoeff, 1931, C. mauritianus Verhoeff, 1937, C. melanotypus Chamberlin, 1941, C. nigropictus Takakuwa, 1936, C. parisi Brolemann, 1920, C. songi Song et al., 2010 and C. stabilis Chamberlin, 1944. Examination of further material is required to establish the true status of C. brignolii Matic, 1977, currently regarded as valid. C. hortensis atlantis Pocock, 1891 is returned to full specific status as C. atlantis. IJM 4: 11–50 (2011) doi: 10.3897/ijm.4.1116 www.pensoft.net/journals/ijm Copyright Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. ReSeARCh ARtiCLe InternatIonal Journal of Myriapodology A peer-reviewed open-access journal