Name - Mecistocephalus Newport 1843

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1553384 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Megethmus Cook 1895

• Pauroptyx Chamberlin 1920

• Mecistocephalus

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus,Higher taxon

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Increase by duplication and loss of invariance of segment number in the centipede Mecistocephalus microporus (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae).
• 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.
• Diversity in the maxillipede dentition of Mecistocephalus centipedes (Chilopoda, Mecistocephalidae), with the description of a new species with unusually elongate denticles.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Proc. Zool. Soc. London, X(119) 1843: 178. [Index Animalium Entry]

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