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 leonensis (Cook,1896)

Original description: Cook O.F. (1896). Geophiloidea from Liberia and Togo - Brandtia, 35-40, see p. 39.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lamnonyx Cook, 1896

Type locality: Monrovia

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Cook O.F. (1896). Geophiloidea from Liberia and Togo - Brandtia, 35-40, see p. 39.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Liberia

Notes: The synonymy of this species with Mecistocephalus maxillaris has been proposed by different authors