Paracryptops Explained

Paracryptops is a genus of centipedes in the family Cryptopidae. It was described in 1891 by British myriapodologist Reginald Innes Pocock.^[1]

Species

There are five valid species:^[1]

• Paracryptops breviunguis Silvestri, 1895
• Paracryptops indicus Silvestri, 1924
• Paracryptops inexpectus Chamberlin, 1914
• Paracryptops spinosus Jangi & Dass, 1978
• Paracryptops weberi Pocock, 1891

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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) . Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. 15 April 2023.