Mecistocephalus janeirensis Verhoeff, 1938
The valid name for Mecistocephalus janeirensis Verhoeff, 1938 is Mecistocephalus guildingii (Newport, 1843)
Mecistocephalus janeirensis Verhoeff, 1938
Original description: Verhoeff K.W. (1938). Chilopoden-Studien zur Kenntnis der Epimorphen - Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, 71: 339-388, see p. 382.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Type locality: nähe von Rio de Janeiro
Synonymy: 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. 188.
Notes: The name 'Mecistocephalus janeirensis' was cited by Verhoeff (1937 - Bull. Raffles Mus. Singapore 13: 230) as a nomen nudum.
