Cryptops neocaledonicus

Cryptops neocaledonicus
Scientific 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

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

• Cryptops neocaledonicus muchmoreiLewis, 1989
• Cryptops neocaledonicus neocaledonicusRibaut, 1923

References

1. 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. 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.