Cryptops orthus Chamberlin, 1951



The valid name for Cryptops orthus Chamberlin, 1951 is Cryptops philammus (Attems, 1928)

Cryptops orthus Chamberlin, 1951

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1951). On Chilopoda collected in North-East Angola by Dr. A. de Barros Machado - Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 10(3): 95-111, see p. 108.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Cryptopidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cryptops Leach, 1815

Type locality: Environs of Dundo, forest on River Dundo

Synonymy: Demange J.-M. (1969). Myriapodes chilopodes du Gabon - Biologia Gabonica, 4: 281-294, see p. 292.