Mecistocephalus waikaneus

Mecistocephalus waikaneus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1953 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Mecistocephalus waikaneus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. waikaneus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus waikaneus

Distribution

The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Waikane, Oahu.[2]

References

  1. Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1953). "Geophiloid chilopods of the Hawaiian and other Oceanic islands of the Pacific". Great Basin Naturalist. 13 (3): 75–85 [81].
  2. 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 15 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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