Scolopocryptops melanostomus

Scolopocryptops melanostomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopocryptopidae
Genus:	Scolopocryptops
Species:	S. melanostomus
Binomial name
	Scolopocryptops melanostomus; Newport, 1845
Synonyms
	Otocryptops aculeatusAttems, 1897 ; Scolopocryptops boholiensisKohlrausch, 1881 ; Scolopocryptops geophilicornisTömösváry, 1885 ; Scolopocryptops longicepsPocock, 1891 ; Scolopocryptops luzonicusKohlrausch, 1879;

Last updated April 13, 2025

Scolopocryptops melanostomus is a species of centipede in the Scolopocryptopidae family. It was described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution. The type locality is Saint Vincent, West Indies.^[2]

References

1 2 Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [406].
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 27 April 2023.

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[newport1845-1] 1 2 Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [406].

[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 27 April 2023.

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