Mecistocephalus lifuensis

Mecistocephalus lifuensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was first described in 1899 by zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]

Mecistocephalus lifuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. lifuensis
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus lifuensis
Pocock, 1899[1]

Description

This species has 51 pairs of legs and can reach 41 mm in length.[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in the Loyalty Islands Province. The type locality is Lifou Island.[2]

References

  1. Pocock, RI (1899). "The expedition to Sokotra. Descriptions of the new species of scorpions centipedes and millipedes". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums. 2: 63.
  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 29 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Ribaut, H. (1923). "Chilopodes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des Îles Loyalty". Nova Caledonia, Recherches Scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux Îles Loyalty (in French). 3 (1): 1-79 [63] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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