| Cryptops neocaledonicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Cryptops neocaledonicus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was first described in 1923 by French entomologist Henri Ribaut.
Distribution
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.
Subspecies
- Cryptops neocaledonicus muchmorei Lewis, 1989
- Cryptops neocaledonicus neocaledonicus Ribaut, 1923
References
- ^ 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 .
- ^ 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.
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| Cryptops neocaledonicus | |
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