Mecistocephalus zygethus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] This species is brown with yellow legs, can reach 35 mm in length, and has 51 pairs of legs.[1]
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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. zygethus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus zygethus Chamberlin, 1939[1]
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Distribution
editThe species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Doormanpad, Western New Guinea.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Chamberlin1939, RV (1939). "On a collection of chilopods from the East Indies". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 5: 1–13 [10].
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 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 25 April 2023.
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