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

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...

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Main Authors: Gregory D. Edgecombe, Nesrine Akkari, Edward C. Netherlands, Gerhard Du Preez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-10-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/57088/download/pdf/