Cryptops dilagus

Cryptops dilagus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. dilagus
Binomial name
Cryptops dilagus
Archey, 1921[1]
Synonyms
  • Cryptops akaroa Archey, 1921
  • Cryptops algidus Archey, 1921
  • Cryptops ignivia Archey, 1921

Cryptops dilagus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1921 by New Zealand zoologist Gilbert Archey.[1][2]

Distribution

The species occurs in the South Island. The type locality is Mount Algidus in the western Canterbury Region.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Archey, G (1917). "The Lithobiomorpha of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 303–318 [312].
  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 20 March 2023.
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