Scolopocryptops

Schileyko, Arkady, Iorio, Etienne & Coulis, Mathieu, 2024, A synthesis on the scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) of Martinique, with description of Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) amicitia n. sp. and new data on some Neotropical scolopendromorphs, Zootaxa 5486 (4), pp. 563-599 : 585-586

Genus Scolopocryptops Newport, 1844

Type species. Scolopocryptops melanostoma Newport, 1845 (by subsequent designation by Lucas, 1849) .

Diagnosis. See Schileyko et al. (2020: 10).

Number of species (after Le, Schileyko & Nguyen 2023: 438, extended using data of Chagas-Jr et al. 2022). 31 valid recent species and subspecies, 1 extinct species and 6 doubtful forms.

Range (after Schileyko et al. 2020: 10). China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Sunda Archipelago, New Guinea, Fiji, West Africa, North, Central and South America, Caribbean islands.