Pilbara Blinde Centipede (WAM CHI119)
Cryptops
FP-14356
Discoverer: E.S. Volschenk (2013)
Fauna Portal species: 14356
Family: Cryptopidae
Diagnosis
Cryptops FP-14356 is diagnosed by molecular methods (COI barcoding).
The species was found both in subterranean traps as in leaf litter.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
unknown
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Western Australian Museum
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T124748
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21 October 2011
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Australia
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Western Australia
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ca. 104 km heading 53.8° NE. from Tom Price
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stygofauna haul
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Volker Framenau, 17 September 2025