Mecistocephalus capillatus
| Mecistocephalus capillatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. capillatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus capillatus | |
Mecistocephalus capillatus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1935 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.[1][2]
Description
This species features 47 pairs of legs. The ridges on the sternites are not forked at the anterior end. The telopodites of the second maxillae extend far beyond the first maxillae. The gonopods in females each have two articles and are in contact with one another. The tergites feature several pits covered with bristles.[3]
Distribution
The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Jaluit, Marshall Islands.[2]
References
- ^ a b Takakuwa, Y (1935). "Über neue Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 25: 339–342 [339].
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Attems, C. (1944). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50–149 [96]. ISSN 0083-6133. JSTOR 41768466.