Mecistocephalidae

Mecistocephalidae
Tygarrup javanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Suborder: Placodesmata
Bollman, 1893
Family: Mecistocephalidae
(Bollman, 1893)
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Mecistocephalidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha. It is the only family in the suborder Placodesmata.[1][2][3] Most species in this family live in tropical or subtropical regions, but some occur in temperate regions.[4] This family is the third most diverse in the order Geophiliomorpha (after Geophilidae and Schendylidae),[5] with about 170 species,[6] including about 130 species in the genus Mecistocephalus.[4]

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  2. ^ "Placodesmata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. itis.gov. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Placodesmata". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
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  5. ^ Tuf, Ivan Hadrián; Mock, Andrej; Dvořák, Libor (2018-06-01). "An exotic species spreads through Europe: Tygarrup javanicus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae) is reported from the Slovakia and the Czech Republic". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 21 (2): 560–562. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2018.03.004. ISSN 1226-8615. S2CID 89794909.
  6. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)