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| Cryptops niuensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
[edit]The species occurs in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands. The type locality is Niue.[2][3]
References
[edit]- 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].
- 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.
- ↑ "Cryptops niuensis Chamberlin, 1920". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. GBIF.org. 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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