Cryptops neocaledonicus

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Cryptops neocaledonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. neocaledonicus
Binomial name
Cryptops neocaledonicus
Ribaut, 1923[1]

Cryptops neocaledonicus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was first described in 1923 by French entomologist Henri Ribaut.[1][2]

Distribution[edit]

The species occurs on the main island of New Caledonia, Grande Terre; the type locality is Mont Panié. It has also been recorded from Guadeloupe and the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, as well as from Peru and Namibia.[2]

Subspecies[edit]

  • Cryptops neocaledonicus muchmorei Lewis, 1989
  • Cryptops neocaledonicus neocaledonicus Ribaut, 1923

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ribaut, H (1923). "Chilopodes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des Îles Loyalty". In Sarasin, F; Roux, J (eds.). Nova Caledonia, Recherches Scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux Îles Loyalty. Vol. 3. Berlin, Weisbaden: C.W. Kreidel's Verlag. pp. 1–79 [33].
  2. ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 27 March 2023.