Cryptops notandus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1939 by Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri.[1] [2]

Cryptops notandus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. notandus
Binomial name
Cryptops notandus

Distribution edit

The species occurs in American Samoa and the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. The type locality is the Hane Valley, Hanatakeo, on the island of Ua Huka.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Silvestri, F (1939). "A further report on Marquesan myriapods". Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 142: 3–11 [5].
  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 5 April 2023.