Mecistocephalus collinus
| Mecistocephalus collinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. collinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus collinus | |
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.[1][2]
Description
This species features 47 pairs of legs. The anterior part of the clypeus features three pairs of bristles, but no bristles appear on the posterior part.[3][4] The ridge on the sternites is not forked at the anterior end. The telopodites of the second maxillae extend far beyond the first maxillae.[4]
Distribution
The species occurs in south-west Western Australia.[5] The type locality is Gooseberry Hill, Perth.[2]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[5]
References
- ^ a b Verhoeff, KW (1937). "Über einige Chilopoden aus Australien und Brasilien". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 70: 1–16 [4].
- ^ 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 2 March 2023.
- ^ 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 [231-233].
- ^ a b Attems, C. (1944). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50–149 [96]. ISSN 0083-6133. JSTOR 41768466.
- ^ a b "Species Mecistocephalus collinus Verhoeff, 1937". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2023.