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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Bark Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Cryptopidae » Cryptops

Genus Cryptops

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Centipede - Cryptops leucopodus Centipede 3 - Cryptops Scolopendromorpha? - Cryptops Centipede - Cryptops hortensis Geophilus? - Cryptops leucopodus Unknown Centipede - Cryptops hortensis Cryptops hortensis (Common Cryptops) - Cryptops hortensis 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
Genus Cryptops
Numbers
5 spp. (all in the nominate subgenus) recorded in our area, incl. 3 non-native (of which 2 based on single and/or questionable records from greenhouses in e. Canada)(1), ~180 spp. in 5 subgenera worldwide(2)(3)
Range
much of the world(3); in our area, e.US (map)(1)
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 tom murray on 7 March, 2007 - 7:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 10:44am

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