Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan,1810)
Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan,1810)
Original description: Donovan E. (1810). The Natural History of British Insects - London, 14, see p. 23.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: "Exeter" (United Kingdom)
Synonym(s):
- Cryptops aenarienis Verhoeff, 1943
- Cryptops bidenticulatus Sseliwanoff, 1884
- Cryptops diego Chamberlin, 1944
- Cryptops longipes Goux, 1950
- Cryptops ochraceus C.L. Koch, 1863
- Cryptops pallens C.L. Koch, 1863
- Cryptops sylvaticus C.L. Koch, 1863
- Cryptops hortensis paucidens Latzel, 1884
Subspecies:
- Cryptops hortensis atlantis Pocock, 1891
- Cryptops hortensis paucidens Latzel, 1884
- Cryptops hortensis pauciporus Brölemann, 1908
- Cryptops hortensis pseudopunctatus Verhoeff, 1901
- Cryptops hortensis hortensis (Donovan, 1810)
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Pichler H. (1987). Neue Nachweise von Cryptops-Arten in Nordtirol und anderen Bundesländern Österreichs (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Cryptopidae) - Bericht des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck, 74: 125-139, see p. 126.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Canary Is.; Madeira; Morocco; St.Helena
-- within Asia-Temperate: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Tadzhikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
-- within Asia-Tropical: Christmas I.
-- within Australasia: Tasmania
-- within Europe: Albania; Austria; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Corse; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Macedonia; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; Turkey-in-Europe; Ukraine
-- within Northern America: British Columbia
-- within Pacific: Hawaiian Is.
Notes: Synanthropic in Scandinavia (Sweden, Finland).
