Cryptops arapuni
Appearance
Cryptops arapuni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Cryptopidae |
Genus: | Cryptops |
Species: | C. arapuni
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Binomial name | |
Cryptops arapuni |
Cryptops arapuni is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1922 by New Zealand zoologist Gilbert Archey.[1] [2]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in the North Island. The type locality is Arapuni in the South Waikato District.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Archey, G (1922). "Notes on New Zealand Chilopoda". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 2: 73–76 [75].
- ^ 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 21 March 2023.