Mecistocephalus lifuensis
| Mecistocephalus lifuensis | |
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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. lifuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus lifuensis | |
Mecistocephalus lifuensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was first described in 1899 by zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]
Description[edit]
This species has 51 pairs of legs and can reach 41 mm in length.[3]
Distribution[edit]
The species occurs in the Loyalty Islands Province. The type locality is Lifou Island.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Pocock, RI (1899). "The expedition to Sokotra. Descriptions of the new species of scorpions centipedes and millipedes". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums. 2: 63.
- ^ 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 29 March 2023.
- ^ Ribaut, H. (1923). "Chilopodes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des Îles Loyalty". Nova Caledonia, Recherches Scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux Îles Loyalty (in French). 3 (1): 1-79 [63] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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