Mecistocephalus brevisternalis

Mecistocephalus brevisternalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Mecistocephalidae
Genus:	Mecistocephalus
Species:	M. brevisternalis
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus brevisternalis Takakuwa, 1934 [1]

Mecistocephalus brevisternalis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1934 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

This species is yellow without dark patches but with a darker head, with 49 pairs of legs and a body up to 30 mm long. ^[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Jaluit (Yaruto), Marshall Islands. ^[2]

References

1. Takakuwa, Y (1934). "Über drei neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Formosa und Marshallinseln". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 24: 221–225 [224].
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 11 April 2023.
3. Uliana, Marco; Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2007-01-22). "The Mecistocephalidae of the Japanese and Taiwanese islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)" . Zootaxa. 1396 (1): 1–84 [41–42]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1396.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334.