A troglobitic species of the centipede Cryptops (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from northwestern Botswana.

Authors :: Edgecombe GD
Akkari N
Netherlands EC
Preez GD
Source :: ZooKeys [Zookeys] 2020 Oct 22; Vol. 977, pp. 25-40. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 22 (Print Publication: 2020).
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: A new species of Cryptops , C. (Cryptops) legagus sp. nov. , occurs in caves in the Koanaka and Gcwihaba Hills in northwestern Botswana. Bayesian molecular phylogenetics using 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, 16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I corroborates a morphological assignment to the subgenus Cryptops and closest affinities to southern temperate species in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The new species is not conspicuously modified as a troglomorph.<br /> (Gregory D. Edgecombe, Nesrine Akkari, Edward C. Netherlands, Gerhard Du Preez.)

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