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Mecistocephalus consocius

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus consocius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. consocius
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus consocius
Chamberlin, 1944

Mecistocephalus consocius is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1944 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.

Description

This species is yellowish with 49 pairs of legs.

Distribution

The species occurs in Vanuatu. The type locality is Hog Harbour on the island of Espiritu Santo.

References

  1. ^ Chamberlin, RV (1944). "Chilopods in the collections of Field Museum of Natural History". Field Museum Natural History Publications. Zoological Series. 28: 175–216 .
  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 7 April 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus consocius
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