Cryptopidae
| Cryptopidae | |
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| Cryptops hortensis | |
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| Order: | Scolopendromorpha
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| Family: | Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 1881
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The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs.[1] The genus is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.[2]
Classification[]
The four genera, with at least 184 species, are:[3]
- Leach, 1815
- Pocock, 1891
- Schileyko, 1992
- Verhoeff, 1906
The genera Plutonium and , formerly classified in the cryptopid subfamily Plutoniuminae, are now placed in the recently elevated family Plutoniumidae.[4]
References[]
- ^ Shelley, Rowland M. "Centipedes". ag.tennessee.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ^ Balan, Dhanya; P.M. Sureshan; Vinod Khanna (2012). "A new species of centipede of the genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from southern Western Ghats with a key to the species of Cryptops in India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. 4 (4): 2510–2514. doi:10.11609/jott.o3035.2510-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ Minelli A.; Bonato L.; Dioguardi R.; et al. "Chilobase: a web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy". Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ Di, Zhiyong; Zhijian Cao; Yingliang Wu; Shijin Yin; Gregory D. Edgecombe; Wenxin Li (2010). "Discovery of the centipede family Plutoniumidae (Chilopoda) in Asia: a new species of Theatops from China, and the taxonomic value of spiracle distributions in Scolopendromorpha". Zootaxa. 2667: 51–63.
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