Cryptops zelandicus Chamberlin, 1920



The valid name for Cryptops zelandicus Chamberlin, 1920 is Cryptops spinipes (Pocock, 1891)

Cryptops zelandicus Chamberlin, 1920

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1920). The Myriopoda of the Australian region - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 64: 1-269, see p. 9.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Cryptopidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cryptops Leach, 1815

Type locality: New Zealand, Wellington

Synonymy: Archey G. (1924). The genus Cryptops (Chilopoda) in New Zealand - Record of the Canterbury Museum, 2: 203-220, see p. 211.

Notes: Attems (1930 - Tierreich, 54: 214) retained Cryptops zelandicus Chamberlin, 1920 as a separate species from Cryptops spinipes Pocock, 1891