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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Bark Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Cryptopidae » Cryptops » Cryptops leucopodus
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Centipede - Cryptops leucopodus
Copyright © 2014 Ken Wolgemuth

Centipede - Cryptops leucopodus
Ned Smith Center, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 19, 2014

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Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 19 April, 2014 - 6:46pm
Last updated 27 April, 2014 - 3:43pm

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 27 April, 2014 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Cryptops leucopodus
There are two species in the genus in PA: C. hortensis, a European invasive, and C. leucopodus (formerly C. hyalinus), a native species. If the cephalic plate covers the first tergite, it is leucopodus, and if the first tergite overlaps the cephalic plate, it is hortensis. This looks to me like leucopodus; in addition to the cephalic plate character, I've identified specimens from PA and they generally have a lighter color than hortensis, which are more reddish.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 27 April, 2014 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome
I never expected a species-level ID. Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 April, 2014 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

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