| Mecistocephalus subgigas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. subgigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus subgigas | |
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Mecistocephalus subgigas is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1919 by Italian myriapodologist Filippo Silvestri.[1][2] This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach 60 mm in length.[3]
Distribution
The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Simbang, Sattelberg, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
- 1 2 Silvestri, F (1919). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of India". Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 16: 45–107 [70].
- 1 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.
- ↑ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 145. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
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