Mecistocephalus capillatus

Mecistocephalus capillatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Mecistocephalidae
Genus:	Mecistocephalus
Species:	M. capillatus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus capillatus Takakuwa, 1935 [1]

Mecistocephalus capillatus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1935 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

This species features 47 pairs of legs. The ridges on the sternites are not forked at the anterior end. The telopodites of the second maxillae extend far beyond the first maxillae. The gonopods in females each have two articles and are in contact with one another. The tergites feature several pits covered with bristles. ^[3]

Distribution

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

References

1. Takakuwa, Y (1935). "Über neue Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 25: 339–342 [339].
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. Attems, C. (1944). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50–149 [96]. ISSN   0083-6133. JSTOR   41768466.