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Scolopocryptops melanostomus

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Scolopocryptops melanostomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopocryptopidae
Genus: Scolopocryptops
Species:
S. melanostomus
Binomial name
Scolopocryptops melanostomus
Synonyms
  • Otocryptops aculeatus Attems, 1897
  • Scolopocryptops boholiensis Kohlrausch, 1881
  • Scolopocryptops geophilicornis Tömösváry, 1885
  • Scolopocryptops longiceps Pocock, 1891
  • Scolopocryptops luzonicus Kohlrausch, 1879

Scolopocryptops melanostomus is a species of centipede in the Scolopocryptopidae family. It was described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport.[1][2]

Distribution

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The species has a cosmopolitan distribution. The type locality is Saint Vincent, West Indies.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [406].
  2. ^ a b 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 27 April 2023.