Recordsofthe 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 C(Tarmiogoowneocarlyparteoapso)fwisesdteesrcnriQbueedenhselraenidn(fFrigoumret1h)e. •MOUNTISA 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 tmreadnisavlelryselbyy ealonlgoantgeitudsiclnearlitesutiusroel;atesdmalalt inMdiecmabteedrsbhyitpheitnriCgornyapltsouptsur(eTsroingosneovecrraylptaontpesr)ioirs 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 paramedian sutures on the head plate and robust Kraepelin, K. (1916). Resultsof Dr E. Mjoberg's Swedish lanceolate and subspiniform setae on the legs. The Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 4, new species is most readily distinguished from C. Scolopendridenund Skorpione. ArkivforZoologi10: (T.)spirtipesbyitstendencytowardstroglomorphy 1-43. (longer legs, e.g., the ultimate leg having a Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda). markedly longer prefemur, femur and tibia; longer ParcNationaldel'Upemba, I. Mission G. F. de Witte aynetlelnonwalraatrhtiecrlest)h,anasowrealnlgeaspbiygmietnstp,readnodmihnaavnitnlgy eMneecloleltaRb.orVaetirohneyaevnec(1W9.46-A1d9a49m),54A:.4J-a6n7s.sens, L. van complete, parallel paramedian sutures on tergite 1 Lawerxepnecdei,tioRn.Ft.o(E1a9s5t3)A.frZicoaolVogCichailloproesdualt(sMyorfioapodfiaf)t.h andobliquesuturesontergite2. Bulletin ofthe Museum ofComparative Zoologyat Among non-Australian species, C. (T.) loveridgei HarvardCollege110:409—423. Lawrence, 1953 [=C. (T.) bokumensis Kraus, 1958, Leach, W.E. (1815). A tabular view of the external fideLewis,2005] fromTanzaniaandtheDemocratic characters of four classes of animals which Linne Republic of Congo, is similar to C. (T.) arranged under Insecta; with the distribution of the camoowealensis in most respects, e.g., the genera composing three of these classes into orders, segmental distribution of paramedian sutures, etc. and descriptions of several new genera and setation of the maxillipede coxopleural margin, species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of presence of posteriorly-diverging sutures behind London,Series1, 11:306-400. the anterior setose area on the clypeus, and Lewis, J.G.E. (2002). The scolopendromorph centipedes comparable proportions and dentition of the of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets ultimate leg. The specific distinction of C. (T.) 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