Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Original description: Newport G. (1843). On some new genera of the class Myriapoda - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 10 (1842): 177-181, see p. 178.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: genus
Type species: Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport,1843 - by subsequent designation
Fixed by: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2004). The centipede genus Mecistocephalus Newport 1843 in the Indian Peninsula (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae) - Tropical Zoology , 17: 15-63, see p. 59.
Synonym(s):
- Brachyptyx Chamberlin, 1920
- Dasyptyx Chamberlin, 1920
- Ectoptyx Chamberlin, 1920
- Formosocephalus Verhoeff, 1937
- Fusichila Chamberlin, 1953
- Lamnonyx Cook, 1896
- Megethmus Cook, 1896
- Pauroptyx Chamberlin, 1920
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2004). The centipede genus Mecistocephalus Newport 1843 in the Indian Peninsula (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae) - Tropical Zoology, 17: 15-63, see p. 20.
Valid Species:
- Mecistocephalus aethelabis Bonato & Minelli, 2004
- Mecistocephalus affinis Lawrence, 1960
- Mecistocephalus akashii Takakuwa, 1942
- Mecistocephalus angusticeps (Ribaut, 1914)
- Mecistocephalus angustior Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus apator Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus benoiti Dobroruka, 1958
- Mecistocephalus bicolor Lawrence, 1960
- Mecistocephalus boriensis Bonato & Minelli, 2004
- Mecistocephalus brachyceps Lawrence, 1960
- Mecistocephalus brevisternalis Takakuwa, 1934
- Mecistocephalus capillatus Takakuwa, 1935
- Mecistocephalus castaneiceps Haase, 1887
- Mecistocephalus celebensis Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus cephalotes Meinert, 1870
- Mecistocephalus changi Uliana, Bonato, Minelli, 2007
- Mecistocephalus ciliatus Takakuwa, 1942
- Mecistocephalus collinus Verhoeff, 1937
- Mecistocephalus consocius Chamberlin, 1944
- Mecistocephalus conspicuus Attems, 1938
- Mecistocephalus curvidens Haase, 1887
- Mecistocephalus cyclops Brölemann, 1896
- Mecistocephalus diversisternus (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus enigmus Chamberlin, 1944
- Mecistocephalus erythroceps Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus eupistus (Chamberlin, 1939)
- Mecistocephalus evansi Brölemann, 1922
- Mecistocephalus fenestratus Verhoeff, 1934
- Mecistocephalus flaviceps Attems, 1953
- Mecistocephalus flavus Attems, 1938
- Mecistocephalus furculigera (Verhoeff, 1925)
- Mecistocephalus gigas Haase, 1887
- Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis Attems, 1900
- Mecistocephalus gracilis (Verhoeff, 1925)
- Mecistocephalus guildingii Newport, 1843
- Mecistocephalus guineensis Karsh, 1884
- Mecistocephalus gulliveri Butler, 1876
- Mecistocephalus hebrides (Chamberlin, 1944)
- Mecistocephalus heros Meinert, 1886
- Mecistocephalus heteropus Humbert, 1865
- Mecistocephalus insularis (Lucas, 1863)
- Mecistocephalus insulomontanus Gressitt, 1941
- Mecistocephalus itayai Takakuwa, 1939
- Mecistocephalus japonicus Meinert, 1886
- Mecistocephalus kabasanus (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Mecistocephalus karasawai Uliana, Bonato, Minelli, 2007
- Mecistocephalus krakataunus Chamberlin, 1944
- Mecistocephalus kraussi Chamberlin, 1953
- Mecistocephalus kurandanus Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus labasanus (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Mecistocephalus lanzai Matic & Darabantu, 1969
- Mecistocephalus leioplus Chamberlin, 1944
- Mecistocephalus leonensis (Cook, 1896)
- Mecistocephalus lifuensis Pocock, 1899
- Mecistocephalus lohmanderi Verhoeff, 1939
- Mecistocephalus longiceps Lawrence, 1960
- Mecistocephalus longichilatus Takakuwa, 1936
- Mecistocephalus magister Chamberlin, 1939
- Mecistocephalus malayensis Chamberlin, 1953
- Mecistocephalus manazurensis Shinohara, 1961
- Mecistocephalus manokwarius Chamberlin, 1944
- Mecistocephalus marcusensis Miyosi, 1953
- Mecistocephalus marmoratus Verhoeff, 1934
- Mecistocephalus mater (Verhoeff, 1925)
- Mecistocephalus mauritianus Verhoeff, K.W., 1939
- Mecistocephalus maxillaris (Gervais, 1837)
- Mecistocephalus medius Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus megalodon Bonato & Minelli, 2009
- Mecistocephalus meggittii Verhoeff, 1937
- Mecistocephalus merkarensis Bonato & Minelli, 2004
- Mecistocephalus microporus Haase, 1887
- Mecistocephalus mikado Attems, 1928
- Mecistocephalus mimeticus Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus minor Attems, 1929
- Mecistocephalus mirandus Pocock, 1895
- Mecistocephalus modestus (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus momotoriensis Takakuwa, 1938
- Mecistocephalus monticolens Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus mossambicus Lawrence, 1963
- Mecistocephalus multidentatus Takakuwa, 1936
- Mecistocephalus multispinatus (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus nagasaunus Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus nannocornis Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus nigriceps Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus nilgirinus Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus obscuratus (Attems, 1953)
- Mecistocephalus ocanus Chamberlin, 1946
- Mecistocephalus okabei Takakuwa, 1942
- Mecistocephalus ongi Takakuwa, 1934
- Mecistocephalus pahangiensis Verhoeff K.W., 1937
- Mecistocephalus pallidus (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus parvidentatus Verhoeff, 1939
- Mecistocephalus parvus Chamberlin, 1914
- Mecistocephalus paucidens Lawrence, 1960
- Mecistocephalus pauliani Lawrence T.C., 1960
- Mecistocephalus pauroporus Takakuwa, 1936
- Mecistocephalus philippinus Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus pilosus Wood, 1862
- Mecistocephalus pluridens Lawrence, 1960
- Mecistocephalus porosus Haase, 1887
- Mecistocephalus pseustes (Chamberlin, 1939)
- Mecistocephalus pulcher Kishida, 1928
- Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843
- Mecistocephalus rahmi Würmli, 1972
- Mecistocephalus rhombifer Verhoeff, 1939
- Mecistocephalus rubriceps Wood, 1862
- Mecistocephalus satumensis Takakuwa, 1938
- Mecistocephalus sechellarum Demange, 1981
- Mecistocephalus siaronus (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Mecistocephalus silvestrii Bonato & Minelli, 2004
- Mecistocephalus simplex Chamberlin, 1920
- Mecistocephalus smithii Pocock, 1895
- Mecistocephalus solomonensis (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Mecistocephalus somonus (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Mecistocephalus spissus Wood, 1862
- Mecistocephalus stenoceps Chamberlin, 1944
- Mecistocephalus subgigas (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus subinsularis (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus sulcicollis Tömösváry, 1885
- Mecistocephalus superior (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus tahitiensis Wood, 1862
- Mecistocephalus takakuwai Verhoeff, 1934
- Mecistocephalus togensis (Cook, 1896)
- Mecistocephalus tridens Chamberlin, 1922
- Mecistocephalus tsenapus Chamberlin, 1944
- Mecistocephalus turucanus (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Mecistocephalus uncifer (Silvestri, 1919)
- Mecistocephalus vanheurni Chamberlin, 1939
- Mecistocephalus vanmoli Demange, 1981
- Mecistocephalus verrucosus Verhoeff, 1937
- Mecistocephalus waikaneus Chamberlin, 1953
- Mecistocephalus waipaheenas (Chamberlin, 1953)
- Mecistocephalus yamashinai Takakuwa, 1936
- Mecistocephalus yanagiharai (Takakuwa, 1936)
- Mecistocephalus zygethus Chamberlin, 1939
Notes: The first valid designation of the type species is that of Geophilus attenuatus Say, 1821 by Cook (1896 -Proc.U.S. Nat. Mus., 18: 59) but most subsequent authors did not recognise it as valid.
