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Mecistocephalus apator

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus apator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. apator
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus apator
Chamberlin, 1920

Mecistocephalus apator is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.

Description

This species can approach 35 mm in length, with 49 pairs of legs. It is mainly reddish-yellow, orange in the anterior region, and has a blackish head.

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia and Sulawesi.

References

  1. ^ Chamberlin, RV (1920). "New chilopods of the genus Mecistocephalus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (34): 328–334 . doi:10.1080/00222932008632449.
  2. ^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus apator
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