ChiloBase 2.0

Recommended citation:
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).
Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

Cryptops nanus Attems, 1938

Original description: Attems C. (1938). Myriopoden von Hawaii - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 108B: 365-387, see p. 374.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Cryptopidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cryptops Leach, 1815

Type locality: Hawaii, Honolulu

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1938). Myriopoden von Hawaii - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 108B: 365-387, see p. 374.

Distribution:

-- within Pacific: Hawaiian Is.

Notes: Considered a synonym of Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810) by Shelley (2000 - Bishop Mus. Occ. Paps., 64: 41), but actually a different species. Originally described as Cryptops nana.