Mecistocephalus guildingii Newport, 1843
Mecistocephalus guildingii 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. 179.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Type locality: "Island of St. Vincent" = St. Vincent (St. Vincent & Grenadines)
Synonym(s):
- Mecistocephalus janeirensis Verhoeff, 1938
- Mecistocephalus maxillaris guadeloupensis Demange & Pereira, 1985
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Crabill R.E. jr. (1959). Notes on Mecistocephalus in the Americas with a redescription of Mecistocephalus guildingii Newport (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae) - Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences , 49: 188-192, see p. 189.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Cape Verde; Gambia, The; Liberia
-- within Northern America: Florida
-- within Southern America: Bermuda; Cuba; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Panamá; Rio de Janeiro; St.Vincent
Notes: Records of Mecistocephalus maxillaris and Mecistocephalus punctifrons from the Atlantic Americas are probably to be referred to this species. A record from Hamburg (Germany) was probably based on a misidentification.
