Scolopocryptops melanostomus

Scolopocryptops melanostomus is a species of centipede in the Scolopocryptopidae family. It was described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport.^[1][2]

Scolopocryptops melanostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopocryptopidae
Genus:	Scolopocryptops
Species:	S. melanostomus
Binomial name
Scolopocryptops melanostomus Newport, 1845[1]
Synonyms
Otocryptops aculeatus Attems, 1897 Scolopocryptops boholiensis Kohlrausch, 1881 Scolopocryptops geophilicornis Tömösváry, 1885 Scolopocryptops longiceps Pocock, 1891 Scolopocryptops luzonicus Kohlrausch, 1879

Distribution

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution. The type locality is Saint Vincent, West Indies.^[2]