Cryptops lamprethus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
| Cryptops lamprethus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Cryptopidae |
| Genus: | Cryptops |
| Species: | C. lamprethus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptops lamprethus Chamberlin, 1920[1]
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Distribution
editThe species occurs in the North Island. The type locality is Taumarunui in the Ruapehu District.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Chamberlin, R.V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [4].
- ^ 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 20 March 2023.
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