Mecistocephalus pilosus Wood, 1862
Mecistocephalus pilosus Wood, 1862
Original description: Wood H.C.jr. (1862). On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , (2)5(1): 5-52, see p. 43.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Type locality: Hong Kong
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Wood H.C.jr. (1862). On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , (2)5(1): 5-52, see p. 43.
Notes: The synonymy either with Mecistocephalus cephalotes or with Mecistocephalus punctifrons has been either proposed or suspected by some authors.
