Cryptops spinipes is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family.

It is native to Oceania and was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.

[1] The species’ range includes eastern Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

[2] The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.

[2] This myriapoda-related article is a stub.