Scolopendromorpha of New Guinea and adjacent islands (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)
Author
Schileyko, Arkady A.
Author
Stoev, Pavel E.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4147
3
247
280
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4147.3.3
bf244739-2235-4e92-a4db-a36440fc1ac8
1175-5326
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Genus
Scolopocryptops
Newport
, 1844
Type-species.
Scolopocryptops melanostoma
Newport
, 1845
(by subsequent designation by Lucas, 1849).
Remark.
The presence of a single (upper) accessory spine on the pretarsus of maxillae 2 has been shown for
S. melanostoma
(see below); this character was previously unknown in this genus.
Range.
North, Central and South
America;
China
; Japan; Korea; Vietnam; Philippines;
Sunda Archipelago; New
Guinea
; West Africa.