Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891



Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891

Original description: Pocock R.I. (1891). On the Myriopoda of Burma. Part 2. Report upon the Chilopoda collected by Sig. L. Fea and Mr. E. W. Oates - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, (ser.2)10: 401-432, see p. 421.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Cryptopidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cryptops Leach, 1815

Type locality: Myanmar (Burma): Pegu, Palon; Upper Irrawaddy, Shwegoo; Carin Mount, Asciuii Ghecu district, village of Chiala

Synonym(s):

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Lewis J.G.E. (1999). On the genus Cryptops in Nepal with redescriptions of Cryptops australis Newport and C. doriae Pocock (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Cryptopidae) - Senckenbergiana Biologica , 79: 19-38, see p. 20.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Seychelles

-- within Asia-Tropical: Jawa; Myanmar; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Vietnam

Notes: Specimens from Vietnam identified as C. niuensis by Schileyko (1998, 2001) are C. doriae, specimens from Vietnam identified as C. japonicus by Schileyko (1998, 2001) are C. doriae, specimens from Vietnam identified as C. audax by Schileyko (1992) are C. doriae.