Name - Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport 1843

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1727530 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Lamnonyx insularis var. orientalis Silvestri 1919

• Mecistocephalus (Mecistocephalus) dekanius Verhoeff 1939

• Mecistocephalus punctifrons

• Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newp.

• Mecistocephalus punctifrons (Newp.)

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Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• The centipede genus Mecistocephalus Newport 1843 in the Indian Peninsula (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae).
• Case 3403. Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 and Pachymerium Koch, 1847 (Chilopoda): proposed conservation of current usage by designation of Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843 as the type species of Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843.
• Opinion 2218. (Case 3403). Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 and Pachymerium Koch, 1847 (Chilopoda): current usage conserved by designation of Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843 as the type species of Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Proc. Zool. Soc. London, X(119), Feb. 1843: 179. [Index Animalium Entry]

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