Cryptopidae
| Cryptopidae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cryptops hortensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 1881 |
The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs as adults.[1] The genus Cryptops is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.[2]
Classification
The four genera, with at least 184 species, are:[3]
- Cryptops Leach, 1815
- Paracryptops Pocock, 1891
- Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992
- Trigonocryptops Verhoeff, 1906
The genera Plutonium and Theatops, formerly classified in the cryptopid subfamily Plutoniuminae, are now placed in the recently elevated family Plutoniumidae.[4]
References
- ↑ Shelley, Rowland M. "Centipedes". The Myriapoda (Millipedes, Centipedes) Featuring the North American Fauna. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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