Mecistocephalus apator

Mecistocephalus apator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Mecistocephalidae
Genus:	Mecistocephalus
Species:	M. apator
Binomial name
	Mecistocephalus apator; Chamberlin, 1920[1]

Mecistocephalus apator is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Description

This species can approach 35 mm in length, with 49 pairs of legs. It is mainly reddish-yellow, orange in the anterior region, and has a blackish head.[1]

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia and Sulawesi.[2]

References

Chamberlin, RV (1920). "New chilopods of the genus Mecistocephalus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 328–334 [333].
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 10 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[chamberlin1920-1] Chamberlin, RV (1920). "New chilopods of the genus Mecistocephalus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 328–334 [333].

[chilobase-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 10 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)