Cryptops mauritianus Verhoeff 1939
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Cryptops mauritianus Verhoeff, 1939 Fig. 3 Examined material. NHMUK 015991434, 1 specimen, Sideroxylon litter, Anses Coco & Porche, Aldabra, 03. 12. 1974, V. W. Spaull. leg. Remarks. Cryptops mauritianus has been described by Verhoeff (1939) from Mauritius. Subsequent taxonomic revision of Mauritian Cryptops species (Lewis 2002) completed the summary original description and provided additional illustrations of material from near the type locality. In the singular Aldabra specimen examined, the presence of minute accessory spurs on the pretarsus of leg pairs 1–20 (Fig. 3 G) clearly delimits it from all other Cryptops species known from localities in the Western Indian Ocean (Lewis 2011). Subsequent re-description by Lewis (2002) provided data on an immature (“ adolescens ”) specimen which matches the condition of the material presently examined (body length 8 mm), allowing us to confidently refer it to C. mauritianus.
Authors: Popovici, George, Edgecombe, Gregory D.
Institutions: Imperial College London, Natural History Museum
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949787222
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