Mecistocephalus zygethus

Mecistocephalus zygethus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] This species is brown with yellow legs, can reach 35 mm in length, and has 51 pairs of legs.[1]

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

Distribution

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The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Doormanpad, Western New Guinea.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin1939, RV (1939). "On a collection of chilopods from the East Indies". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 5: 1–13 [10].{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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 25 April 2023.