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Mecistocephalus magister

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus magister
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. magister
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus magister
Chamberlin, 1939

Mecistocephalus magister is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. This species is brown, has 49 pairs of legs, and can reach 100 mm in length.

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Doormanpad, Western New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Chamberlin1939, RV (1939). "On a collection of chilopods from the East Indies". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 5: 1–13 .{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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 25 April 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus magister


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