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Scolopocryptops melanostomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopocryptopidae
Genus:	Scolopocryptops
Species:	S. melanostomus
Binomial name
Scolopocryptops melanostomus Newport, 1845
Synonyms
Otocryptops aculeatus Attems, 1897 Scolopocryptops boholiensis Kohlrausch, 1881 Scolopocryptops geophilicornis Tömösváry, 1885 Scolopocryptops longiceps Pocock, 1891 Scolopocryptops luzonicus Kohlrausch, 1879

Scolopocryptops melanostomus is a species of centipede in the Scolopocryptopidae family. It was described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport.

Distribution

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution. The type locality is Saint Vincent, West Indies.

References

1. ^ Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 .
2. ^ 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. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

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