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Cryptops nanus

Cryptops nanus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1938 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.

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Cryptops nanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. nanus
Binomial name
Cryptops nanus
Attems, 19381

Cryptops nanus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1938 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.12

Distribution

The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Honolulu.2

References

References

  1. Attems, C (1938). "Myriopoden von Hawaii". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 108B: 365–387 [374].
  2. 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 13 April 2023.