title: Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor n. sp. a remarkable troglobitic species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Brazil.
abstract: Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor is here described from Toca do Gonçalo cave, Bahia state, Brazil. This species presents highly troglomorphic traits and can be separated from all other species of Cryptops by possessing a unique trait in Scolopendromorpha: the ultimate pair of legs presents saw teeth on each of the prefemur to tarsus 2 (rather than being concentrated on the tibia and tarsus 1) numbering 28+30+14+17+17.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil.; Email: ludsonazara@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Ludson Neves
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: De Azara
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Zoologia Geral, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil.; Email: drops@dbi.ufla.br.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Lopes
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D001938:Brazil; D059552:Caves; D017753:Ecosystem