Family Cryptopidae

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Cryptops hortensis (Common Cryptops) - Cryptops hortensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)

Order Scolopendromorpha (Bark Centipedes)

Family Cryptopidae

Numbers

2 subfamilies (Cryptopinae being by far the largest), with 8-9 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1) and ~190 spp. in 6 genera worldwide(2)(3)

Note (per Rowland Shelley): the subfamily Plutoniuminae containing the genera Plutonium and Theatops, previously in family Cryptopidae, has been elevated to family level - Plutoniumidae. There are no longer any subfamilies in Cryptopidae.

Works Cited

1.	Shelley R.M. (2002-) The centipede order Scolopendromorpha in North America

2.	Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world’s leggiest animals

3.	Bonato L. et al. (2016) ChiloBase 2.0 - A world catalogue of centipedes (Chilopoda)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 January, 2007 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, v belov
Last updated 11 July, 2013 - 9:41pm

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