Mecistocephalus tridens Chamberlin, 1922
Mecistocephalus tridens Chamberlin, 1922
Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1922). A new Javan chilopod of the genus Mecistocephalus - Psyche, 29: 178-179, see p. 178.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843
Type locality: Buitenzorg; imported in Honolulu
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Foddai D., Minelli A. (2004). The centipede order Geophilomorpha in the Hawaiian Islands (Chilopoda) - Bishop Museum Occasional Papers , 78: 13-32, see p. 27.
Distribution:
-- within Asia-Tropical: Jawa
Notes: It was described on specimens introduced in Hawaii Islands
