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Mecistocephalus subgigas

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus subgigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. subgigas
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus subgigas
(Silvestri, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Lamnonyx subgigas Cook, 1896

Mecistocephalus subgigas is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1919 by Italian myriapodologist Filippo Silvestri. This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach 60 mm in length.

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Simbang, Sattelberg, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Silvestri, F (1919). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of India". Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 16: 45–107 .
  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 24 April 2023.
  3. Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 145. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus subgigas


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