Mecistocephalus smithii Pocock, 1895
Mecistocephalus smithii Pocock, 1895
Original description: Pocock R.I. (1895). Report upon the Chilopoda and Diplopoda obtained by P. W. Bassett-Smith Esq. Surgeon R. N. and J. J. Walker Esq. R. N. during the cruise in the Chinese seas of H. M. S. "Penguin" Commander W. U. Moore commanding - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)15: 346-372, see p. 351.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Type locality: Da-Laen-Saen, Wo Lee Lake
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 52: 1-388, see p. 139.
Distribution:
-- within Asia-Temperate: Taiwan