Mecistocephalus collinus

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Mecistocephalus collinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. collinus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus collinus
Verhoeff, 1937 [1]

Mecistocephalus collinus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1937 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. [1] [2]

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Description

This species has 47 pairs of legs. [3]

Distribution

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia. [4] The type locality is Gooseberry Hill, Perth. [2]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Verhoeff, KW (1937). "Über einige Chilopoden aus Australien und Brasilien". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 70: 1–16 [4].
  2. 1 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 2 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Verhoeff, K.W. (1937). "Chilopoden aus Malacca nach den Objecten des Raffles Museum in Singapore" (PDF). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum (in German). 13: 198-270 [231-233].
  4. 1 2 "Species Mecistocephalus collinus Verhoeff, 1937". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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