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]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
Species: | M. modestus |
Binomial name | |
Mecistocephalus modestus | |
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Distribution
The species occurs in New Guinea and Southeast Asia. The type locality is Sattelberg, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
- Silvestri, F (1919). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of India". Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 16: 45–107 [68].
- 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.
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