Cryptops niuensis

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Cryptops niuensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. niuensis
Binomial name
Cryptops niuensis
Chamberlin, 1920 [1]

Cryptops niuensis is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. [1] [2]

Distribution

The species occurs in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands. The type locality is Niue. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Chamberlin, R.V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [5].
  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 31 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cryptops niuensis Chamberlin, 1920". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. GBIF.org. 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.


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