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| Paracryptops | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Cryptopidae |
| Genus: | Paracryptops Pocock, 1891[1] |
| Type species | |
| Paracryptops weberi Pocock,1891 | |
Paracryptops is a genus of centipedes in the family Cryptopidae. It was described in 1891 by British myriapodologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]
Species
[edit]There are five valid species:[2]
- Paracryptops breviunguis Silvestri, 1895
- Paracryptops indicus Silvestri, 1924
- Paracryptops inexpectus Chamberlin, 1914
- Paracryptops spinosus Jangi & Dass, 1978
- Paracryptops weberi Pocock, 1891
References
[edit]- 1 2 Pocock, RI (1891). "Notes on the synonymy of some species of Scolopendridae with descriptions of new genera and species of the group". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6) 7: 51–58, 221–231 [227].
- 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 15 April 2023.
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