Mecistocephalus porosus
Mecistocephalus porosus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.[1][2] Haase described a specimen measuring 41 mm in length and deemed it to be a representative of a subspecies of M. tahitiensis.[1] Some others have considered this centipede to be synonymous with M. tahitiensis.[3]
| Mecistocephalus porosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. porosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus porosus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mecistocephalus tahitiensis porosus Haase, 1887 | |
Distribution
The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Viti Levu.[2]
References
- Haase, E. (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1–118 [102].
- 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 1 April 2023.
- Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 64 (1): 1-269 [63] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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