Mecistocephalus turucanus (Chamberlin,1920)
Mecistocephalus turucanus (Chamberlin,1920)
Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1920). The Myriopoda of the Australian region - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 64: 1-269, see p. 67.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Ectoptyx Chamberlin, 1920
Type locality: Turuka
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 52: 1-388, see p. 146.
Distribution:
-- within Pacific: Fiji
Notes: The synonymy between Mecistocephalus turucanus and Mecistocephalus labasanus was suspected by Attems (1929 - Das Tierr. 52: 146). The taxonomic distinction between Mecistocephalus kabasanus, M. labasanus, M. siaronus, M. somonus and M. turukanus needs to be critically evaluated
