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 264843 6238B25B-787F-4F50-BFAE-03CD33D0F699 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.