ChiloBase 2.0

Recommended citation:
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).
Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

Megalacrus Attems, 1953

Original description: Attems C. (1953). Myriopoden von Indochina. Expedition von Dr. C. Dawydoff (1938-1939) - Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, Série A, 5(3): 133-230, see p. 142.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Mecistocephalus curvidens Haase,1887 - by original designation

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Foddai D., Minelli A. (2003). Evolutionary trends and patterns in centipede segment number based on a cladistic analysis of Mecistocephalidae (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) - Systematic Entomology , 28: 539-579, see p. 546.

Notes: The validity is uncertain.