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  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. lifuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus lifuensis | |
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
- Pocock, RI (1899). "The expedition to Sokotra. Descriptions of the new species of scorpions centipedes and millipedes". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums. 2: 63.
- 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) - 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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