Mecistocephalus brevisternalis Takakuwa, 1934
Mecistocephalus brevisternalis Takakuwa, 1934
Original description: Takakuwa Y. (1934). Über drei neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Formosa und Marshallinseln - Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 24: 221-225, see p. 224.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Type locality: Yaruto
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Takakuwa Y. (1940). Geophilomorpha. In: Okada et al. (eds.), Fauna Nipponica. Vol. 9, fasc. 8(1) - Sanseido, Tokyo , 1-156, see p. 68.
Distribution:
-- within Pacific: Marshall Is.