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Mecistocephalus collinus

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus collinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. collinus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus collinus
Verhoeff, 1937

Mecistocephalus collinus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1937 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.

Description

This species has 47 pairs of legs.

Distribution

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia. The type locality is Gooseberry Hill, Perth.

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.

References

  1. ^ Verhoeff, KW (1937). "Über einige Chilopoden aus Australien und Brasilien". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 70: 1–16 .
  2. ^ 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 2 March 2023.
  3. Verhoeff, K.W. (1937). "Chilopoden aus Malacca nach den Objecten des Raffles Museum in Singapore" (PDF). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum (in German). 13: 198-270 – via National University of Singapore.
  4. ^ "Species Mecistocephalus collinus Verhoeff, 1937". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus collinus
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