Cryptops hortensis
{{Short description|Species of centipede}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Cryptops_hortensis_Rombas_11.JPG
|image_caption =
|genus = Cryptops
|species = hortensis
|authority = (Donovan, 1810)
|synonyms =
- Scolopendra hortensis Donovan, 1810
- Cryptops aenariensis Verhoeff, 1943
}}
Cryptops hortensis, the common cryptops,{{cite web|url=http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/common-cryptops|title=Common name |publisher=Nature Spot|accessdate=June 23, 2013}} is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae, genus Cryptops (Leach 1814).{{cite journal| title = Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania| year = 2020| last1 = Vahtera| first1 = Varpu| last2 = Stoev| first2 = Pavel| last3 = Akkari| first3 = Nesrine| journal = ZooKeys| issue = 1004| pages = 1–26| pmid = 33384564| pmc = 7758309| url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58537/element/8/5352| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537| doi-access = free}}
Description
Distribution and habitat
This species is found in all of Europe except for: the Baltic states, Andorra, Belarus, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Russia, Vatican City and various European islands.{{cite web|url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=374917|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014032521/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=374917|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2013|title=Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate=October 12, 2013}} It has also been introduced to Tasmania, Australia.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8b5f37ab-b210-46c8-a26e-87b1241481e4 |title= Species Cryptops hortensis Leach, 1814 |author= |date=|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 13 February 2023}} It is found in gardens and woodland, and under stones and logs.
References
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External links
- [http://bugguide.net/node/view/97526 Images of Cryptops hortensis]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NPncswPXuE Video of Cryptops hortensis'] on YouTube
- See also David Nield: [https://www.sciencealert.com/this-toxic-underground-ecosystem-is-like-nothing-else-on-earth-today-and-we-just-found-its-largest-inhabitant Meet The 'King' of a Toxic Underground Ecosystem Unlike Anywhere Else on Earth] (on: sciencealert, 19 December 2020) about Cryptops speleorex living in the Movile Cave, Romania.
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Category:Animals described in 1810
Category:Centipedes of Australia