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Genus Cryptops Leach, 1814

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Genus Cryptops Leach, 1814

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sydney Basin (SB), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Pilbara (PIL), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • South Africa

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
  • Fiji
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Solomon Islands

Palaearctic Region

Unidentified/undescribed species


Cryptops sp. as 'Genus A sp.', from NW coastal and W Plateau, WA, see Harvey, M.S. & Waldock, J.M. 1991. Ecological survey of Abydos-Woodstock Reserve, Western Australia. 6. Arachnid and myriapod fauna. Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. 37: 126–133 [133].

Cryptops sp., from TAS, see Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart : R. Mesibov pp. 64. [38 figs 50–53]; Taylor, R.J. 1990. Occurrence of log-dwelling invertebrates in regeneration and old-growth wet sclerophyll forest in southern Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 124(1): 27–34 [31].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2013 MODIFIED