Mecistocephalus waipaheenas

Mecistocephalus waipaheenas is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1953 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] This species can reach 25 mm in length and has a yellow body, a brown head, and 49 pairs of legs.[1]

Mecistocephalus waipaheenas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. waipaheenas
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus waipaheenas
Synonyms
  • Fusichila waipaheenas Chamberlin, 1953

Distribution

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The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Waipahee, Kauai.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1953). "Geophiloid chilopods of the Hawaiian and other Oceanic islands of the Pacific". Great Basin Naturalist. 13: 75–85 [81].
  2. ^ 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 15 April 2023.