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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).
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Mecistocephalus guineensis Karsh, 1884

Original description: Karsch F. (1884). Myriapoda. In: Greef R. (ed.), Ueber die Fauna der Guinea-Inseln S. Thomé und Rolas. - Sitzungsberichte Gesel. Befötd. Gesam. Naturw. Marburg, 2: 55-59, see p. 56.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Type locality: São Tomé

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 52: 1-388, see p. 155.

Notes: Uncertain identity. Generic assignment only provisional.