The Cryptopidae are a
family
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of
scolopendromorph centipedes
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. Cryptopids are blind (lacking
ocelli
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) and possess 21 pairs of legs.
The genus ''
Cryptops'' is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.
Classification
The following genera, may be included:
# ''
Cryptops''
Leach, 1814
# ''
Eremops''
Bollman, 1893
# ''
Mimops''
Kraepelin, 1903
# ''
Paracryptops''
Pocock, 1891
# ''
Tonkinodentus''
Schileyko, 1992
# ''
Trigonocryptops''
Verhoeff, 1906
The genera ''
Plutonium
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'' and ''
Theatops'' Newport, 1844, formerly classified in the cryptopid subfamily Plutoniuminae, are now placed in the recently elevated family
Plutoniumidae.
References
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Centipede families
Cryptopidae