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 sechellarum Demange, 1981

Original description: Demange J.-M. (1981). Contribution à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972): Myriapoda - Chilopoda - Revue de Zoologie Africaine , 95: 623-652, see p. 635.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Type locality: Silhouette: Mont Dauban

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2010). The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). - In: Gerlach J. & Marusik Y. (eds), Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, 360-375, see p. 369.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Seychelles