''Paracryptops'' is a
genus
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of
centipede
Centipedes (from Neo-Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, ...
s in the
family
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Cryptopidae
The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs. The genus '' Cryptops'' is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.
Classific ...
. It was described in 1891 by British
myriapodologist Reginald Innes Pocock
Reginald Innes Pocock, (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist.
Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward's ...
.
Species
There are five valid species:
* ''
Paracryptops breviunguis''
Silvestri, 1895
* ''
Paracryptops indicus''
Silvestri, 1924
* ''
Paracryptops inexpectus''
Chamberlin, 1914
* ''
Paracryptops spinosus''
Jangi & Dass, 1978
* ''
Paracryptops weberi''
Pocock, 1891
References
Centipede genera
Taxa described in 1891
Taxa named by R. I. Pocock
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