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 togensis (Cook,1896)

Original description: Cook O.F. (1896). Geophiloidea from Liberia and Togo - Brandtia, 35-40, see p. 39.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lamnonyx Cook, 1896

Type locality: Bismarckburg

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Chamberlin R.V. (1920). On chilopods of the family Mecistocephalidae - Canadian Entomologist , 52: 184-189, see p. 186.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Togo

Notes: The synonymy with Mecistocephalus insularis has been proposed by some authors.