Mecistocephalus apator is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
| Mecistocephalus apator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. apator
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus apator Chamberlin, 1920[1]
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Description
editThis species can approach 35 mm in length, with 49 pairs of legs. It is mainly reddish-yellow, orange in the anterior region, and has a blackish head.[1]
Distribution
editThe species occurs in Micronesia and Sulawesi.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "New chilopods of the genus Mecistocephalus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (34): 328–334 [333]. doi:10.1080/00222932008632449.
- ^ a b 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 10 April 2023.
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