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 modestus (Silvestri,1919)

Original description: Silvestri F. (1919). Contributions to a knowledge of the Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of India - Record of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 16: 45-107, see p. 68.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lamnonyx Cook, 1896

Type locality: Sattelberg

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 52: 1-388, see p. 137.

Distribution:

-- within Asia-Tropical: Bali; East Timor; Jawa; Papua New Guinea

Notes: A record from Eastern Africa needs critical evaluation. The synonymy of this species with Mecistocephalus rubriceps has been proposed by Attems (1930 - Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 16: 165).