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Scolopendromorpha? - Cryptops hortensis
Copyright © 2014 Even Dankowicz

Scolopendromorpha? - Cryptops hortensis
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
December 24, 2013

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Scolopendromorpha? - Cryptops hortensis Scolopendromorpha? - Cryptops hortensis
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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 16 February, 2014 - 11:33am
Last updated 9 April, 2014 - 12:55pm

Moved
Moved from Tropical Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 9 April, 2014 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cryptops hortensis.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 9 April, 2014 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

Cryptops hortensis
Based on:

- 21 pairs of legs
- no eyes
- the first tergite overlaps the posterior margin of the cephalic plate. If it didn't this would be C. leucopodus which also occurs in Maryland
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 9 April, 2014 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

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