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Mecistocephalus porosus

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Mecistocephalus porosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. porosus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus porosus
Haase, 1887[1]
Synonyms

Mecistocephalus tahitiensis porosus Haase, 1887

Mecistocephalus porosus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.[1][2] Haase described a specimen measuring 41 mm in length and deemed it to be a representative of a subspecies of M. tahitiensis.[1] Some others have considered this centipede to be synonymous with M. tahitiensis.[3]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Viti Levu.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Haase, E. (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1–118 [102].
  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 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 64 (1): 1-269 [63] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.