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Cryptops niuensis

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Cryptops niuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. niuensis
Binomial name
Cryptops niuensis

Cryptops niuensis is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands. The type locality is Niue.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chamberlin, R.V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [5].
  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 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Cryptops niuensis Chamberlin, 1920". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. GBIF.org. 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.