Mecistocephalus parvus Chamberlin, 1914
Mecistocephalus parvus Chamberlin, 1914
Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1914). A new diplopod from the Galapagos Islands with notes on the chilopods - Psyche, 21: 85-89, see p. 85.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Type locality: Clipperton Island
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Foddai D., Pereira L.A., Minelli A. (2000). A catalogue of the geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda) from Central and South America including Mexico - Amazoniana, 16: 59-185, see p. 65.
Distribution:
-- within Southern America: Clipperton I.
Notes: The synonymy either with Mecistocephalus maxillaris or with Mecistocephalus punctifrons has been either proposed or suspected by some authors.
