Cryptops dilagus

Cryptops dilagus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Cryptopidae
Genus:	Cryptops
Species:	C. dilagus
Binomial name
	Cryptops dilagus; Archey, 1921
Synonyms
	Cryptops akaroaArchey, 1921; Cryptops algidusArchey, 1921; Cryptops igniviaArchey, 1921;

Last updated April 13, 2025

Cryptops dilagus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1921 by New Zealand zoologist Gilbert Archey.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

The species occurs in the South Island. The type locality is Mount Algidus in the western Canterbury Region.^[2]

References

1 2 Archey, G (1917). "The Lithobiomorpha of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 303–318 [312].
1 2 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 20 March 2023.

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[archey1921-1] 1 2 Archey, G (1917). "The Lithobiomorpha of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 303–318 [312].

[chilobase-2] 1 2 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 20 March 2023.

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