Scolopocryptopidae

Scolopocryptopidae
Tidops nisargani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopocryptopidae
Pocock, 1896

Scolopocryptopidae is a family of blind centipedes in the order Scolopendromorpha.[1] This family includes more than 90 species.[2] Centipedes in this family are found mainly in the Americas and East Asia but have also been recorded in West Africa, New Guinea, and Fiji.[3]

  1. ^ Vahtera, Varpu; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Giribet, Gonzalo (2012). "Evolution of blindness in scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): insight from an expanded sampling of molecular data". Cladistics. 28 (1): 4–20. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00361.x. ISSN 1096-0031. PMID 34856735. S2CID 84329980.
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Scolopocryptopidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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