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Mecistocephalus brevisternalis

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus brevisternalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. brevisternalis
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus brevisternalis
Takakuwa, 1934

Mecistocephalus brevisternalis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1934 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.

Description

This species is yellow without dark patches but with a darker head, with 49 pairs of legs and a body up to 30 mm long.

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Jaluit (Yaruto), Marshall Islands.

References

  1. ^ Takakuwa, Y (1934). "Über drei neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Formosa und Marshallinseln". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 24: 221–225 .
  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 11 April 2023.
  3. Uliana, Marco; Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2007-01-22). "The Mecistocephalidae of the Japanese and Taiwanese islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)". Zootaxa. 1396 (1): 1–84 . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1396.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus brevisternalis


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