Mecistocephalus modestus

Mecistocephalus modestus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1919 by the Italian myriapodologist Filippo Silvestri.[1][2]

Mecistocephalus modestus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. modestus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus modestus
(Silvestri, 1919)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lamnonyx modestus Cook, 1896

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea and Southeast Asia. The type locality is Sattelberg, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

  1. Silvestri, F (1919). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of India". Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 16: 45–107 [68].
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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