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Mecistocephalus hebrides

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Mecistocephalus hebrides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. hebrides
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus hebrides
Synonyms
  • Dasyptyx hebrides Chamberlin, 1920

Mecistocephalus hebrides is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1944 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Description

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This species is brownish, can reach about 62 mm in length, and has 49 pairs of legs.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Vanuatu. The type locality is Hog Harbour on the island of Espiritu Santo.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1944). "Chilopods in the collections of Field Museum of Natural History". Field Museum Natural History Publications. Zoological Series. 28: 175–216 [190].
  2. ^ a b 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 8 April 2023.