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.

Mecistocephalus cyclops Brölemann, 1896

Original description: Brölemann H.W. (1895). Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluand aux Îles Séchelles. Myriapodes - Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France , 8: 518-538, see p. 528.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: varietas

Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Type locality: La Digue

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Demange J.-M. (1981). Contribution à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972): Myriapoda - Chilopoda - Revue de Zoologie Africaine , 95: 623-652, see p. 638.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Seychelles

Notes: The taxon was first treated at the species rank by Chamberlin (1920 – Can. Ent. 52: 185)