Cryptops australis Newport, 1845
Cryptops australis Newport, 1845
Original description: Newport G. (1845). Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19: 265-302, 349-439, see p. 408.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Cryptops Leach, 1815
Type locality: New Zealand
Subspecies:
- Cryptops australis africana Lawrence, 1955
- Cryptops australis australis Newport, 1845
- Cryptops australis kraepelini Attems, 1928
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: Lesotho; Tanzania
-- within Pacific: New Caledonia; Vanuatu
