Cryptops neocaledonicus

Species of centipede

Cryptops neocaledonicus

Scientific classification
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

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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

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* Cryptops neocaledonicus muchmorei Lewis, 1989
* Cryptops neocaledonicus neocaledonicus Ribaut, 1923

## References

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1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.

Taxon identifiers

Cryptops neocaledonicus|

* Wikidata: Q6509627
* GBIF: 5179251
* ITIS: 1090597

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