MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CHIL-1486

Cryptops heathi Chamberlin, 1914

Holotype of Cryptops heathi

Date Collected:

1911-06-01/1911-09-30

South America: Brazil: Paraiba | Independencia

Current Identification
Cryptops heathi Chamberlin, 1914
Animalia Arthropoda Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Cryptopidae Cryptopinae
Determiner: Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1914, page 157, Holotype of Cryptops heathi Chamberlin, 1914 p. 157-158,pl. 1, fig. 1-3
Media type: text; Chamberlin 1914 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LVIII no. 3;

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Shows Publication: Chamberlin 1914 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LVIII no. 3

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-04-09
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-04-09   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-04-09
citation 1914. Bull. MCZ, Vol. LVIII (3): 157-158 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • no paratypes designated - Chamberlin refers to one specimen only. In "List of Chamberlin Species" file; no number

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  • Specific Locality:
  • Independencia
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • BRAZIL, Parahyba, Independencia
  • Georeference:
  • -7.1520530°, -34.905677° (Error radius: 1000m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-07-07 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1911-06-01 / 1911-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1911, between June and September
  • Collectors:
  • William M. Mannlinked data icon; Harold Heath; 1911 Stanford Expedition to Brazil

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CHIL-1486 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Chilopods cards;

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Ledger Entry for: MCZ:IZ:CHIL-1486 Cryptops heathi Holotype Description: MC...

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