Mecistocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geophilomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Myriapoda Classis: Chilopoda Subclassis: Pleurostigmophora Ordo: Geophilomorpha

Surbordo: Placodesmata
Familia: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. chuensis – M. huangi – M. yanagiharai
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Name

• Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

References

• Bonato, L.; Cupul-Magaña, F.G.; Minelli, A. 2009: Mecistocephalus guildingii Newport, 1843, a tropical centipede with amphi-Atlantic distribution (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). Zootaxa, 2271: 27–42. Abstract & excerpt
• Bonato, L., Foddai, D., Minelli, A. 2002. A new mecistocephalid centipede from Ryukyu Islands and a revisitation of 'Taiwanella' (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae). Zootaxa 86(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.86.1.1 Reference page. 
• Pan, Y-Y., Fan, J-B., You, C-X. & Jiang, C. 2024. Identification of two new species of Mecistocephalus (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae) from southern China and the re-description of Mecistocephalus smithii Pocock, 1895. ZooKeys 1218: 1–23. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1218.130709 Reference page.