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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. gigas
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus gigas
Haase, 1887

Mecistocephalus gigas is a species of soil centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. This genus was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase. This centipede features 51 pairs of legs rather than the 49 leg pairs usually observed in the genus Mecistocephalus.

Description

This species has 51 pairs of legs and can reach 105 mm in length. The head is a dark brown-red, but the trunk is yellow with finely distributed grains of dark pigment. The posterior segments are black-green with small grains of pigment, which are quite conspicuous on the ultimate legs. The number of pectinate lamellae (comb blades) on the mandibles ranges from 21 to 27, with four or five teeth on the first. The first pair of legs is a third shorter than the next pair.

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea and the Maluku Islands.

References

  1. Haase, E (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1–118 .
  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). "Mecistocephalus gigas Haase, 1887". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ Haase, Erich (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königl. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Etnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 1 (5): 1–118 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Bonato, L.; Minelli, A. (2004). "The centipede genus Mecistocephalus Newport 1843 in the Indian Peninsula (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae)". Tropical Zoology. 17 (1): 15–63 . doi:10.1080/03946975.2004.10531198. ISSN 0394-6975. S2CID 85304657.
  5. ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 144. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
  6. Attems, Carl (1915). "Myriopoden von Ceram und WaigeuGesammelt von L. F. De Beaufort I. J. 1909: Mit Tafel I." Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde (in German). 20 (1): 2–14 . doi:10.1163/26660644-02001001. ISSN 0067-8546.
  7. Bonato, Lucio; Foddai, Donatella; Minelli, Alessandro (2003). "Evolutionary trends and patterns in centipede segment number based on a cladistic analysis of Mecistocephalidae (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)". Systematic Entomology. 28 (4): 539–579 . doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00217.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus gigas


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