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Revision as of 17:12, 18 October 2025
Species of centipede
Mecistocephalus consocius is a species of soil centipede in the family Mecistocephalidae.[1][2] This centipede is found in Vanuatu.[1][3] This species features 49 pairs of legs.[4]
Discovery and distribution
This species was first described in 1944 by the American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. He based the original description of this species on a specimen found in 1929 by the American zoologist Karl Patterson Schmidt in the village of Hog Harbour on the island of Espiritu Santo in what was then New Hebrides but is now Vanuatu.[4][1] This species is known only from Vanuatu.[5][3]
Description
This species is yellowish with 49 leg pairs.[5]
References
- ^ a b c 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). “Mecistocephalus consocius Chamberlin, 1944”. ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ “ITIS – Report: Mecistocephalus consocius”. itis.gov. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ a b “Mecistocephalus consocius Chamberlin, 1944 | COL”. www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ a b Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1944). “Chilopods in the collections of Field Museum of Natural History”. Chilopods in the collections of Field Museum of Natural History. 28: 175–216 [187–188] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ 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 7 April 2023.
