Mecistocephalus yanagiharai (Takakuwa,1936)



Mecistocephalus yanagiharai (Takakuwa,1936)

Original description: Takakuwa Y. (1936). Über eine neue Gattung und 2 neue Arten von Mecistocephalidae aus Formosa - Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 26: 435-439, see p. 436.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Taiwanella Takakuwa, 1936

Type locality: Taito, Byori, Kibi, Hakuhyo, Getubi

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Foddai D., Minelli A. (2002). A new mecistocephalid centipede from Ryukyu Islands and a revisitation of "Taiwanella" (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae) - Zootaxa, 86: 1-12, see p. 9.

Distribution:

-- within Asia-Temperate: Taiwan