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.

The valid name for Mecistocephalus breviceps Meinert, 1886 is Dicellophilus limatus (Wood, 1862)

Mecistocephalus breviceps Meinert, 1886

Original description: Meinert F. (1886). Myriapoda Musei Cantabrigiensis. Part I. Chilopoda - Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society , 23: 161-233, see p. 214.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Type locality: Nantucket, Mass.

Synonymy: Chamberlin R.V. (1920). On chilopods of the family Mecistocephalidae - Canadian Entomologist , 52: 184-189, see p. 186.

Notes: The identity of this nominal species with Dicellophilus anomalus has been proposed by Chamberlin (1920 - Can. Ent. 52: 186) after examination of the holotype of Mecistocephalus breviceps; he also suspected that the provenance of the holotype as indicated by the label was erroneous.