Mecistocephalus

Mecistocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Newport, 1843[1]
Type species
Mecistocephalus punctifrons
Newport, 1843

Mecistocephalus is the largest genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae, with about 140 species.[2] This genus is among the most diverse and widespread of all the genera in the order Geophilomorpha.[3] The British entomologist George Newport first proposed this genus in 1843 to contain a group of centipedes marked by an unusual elongation of the head.[4][5]

  1. ^ Newport, G (1843). "On some new genera of the class Myriapoda". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10 (1842): 177–181 [178].
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  4. ^ Newport, G. (1843). "On some new genera of the class Myriapoda". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10 (1842): 177–181 [177–178] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ 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). "Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-06-08.