Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis

Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1900 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.[1][2] This species has 49 pairs of legs, can reach 85 mm in length, and is yellow with anterior segments and a head that are reddish brown.[3]

Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. glabridorsalis
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis
Attems, 1900[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Seychelles, New Guinea and the Maluku Islands. The type locality is Mahé, Seychelles.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Attems, C (1900). "Dr. Brauer's Myriopoden-Ausbeute auf den Seychellen im Jahre 1895". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 13 (2): 133–171 [138].
  2. ^ 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 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2010). "The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)" (PDF). Phelsuma. 18: 9–38.