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 glabridorsalis Attems, 1900

Original description: Attems C. (1900). Dr. Brauer's Myriopoden-Ausbeute auf den Seychellen im Jahre 1895 - Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, 13 (2): 133-171, see p. 138.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: varietas

Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Type locality: Mahè

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2010). The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). - In: Gerlach J. & Marusik Y. (eds), Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, 360-375, see p. 363.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Seychelles

-- within Asia-Tropical: Irian Jaya; Maluku; Papua New Guinea

Notes: The taxon was first treated at the species rank by Saussure & Zehntner (1902 - Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. Nat. Paris 37: 331). The synonymy with either Meistocephalus insularis or M. punctifrons was proposed by some authors. Records from places other than Seichelles need critical evaluation.