Mecistocephalus mater (Verhoeff 1925) articles

Mecistocephalus mater

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Mecistocephalus mater is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.^[1]^[2]

The original description of this species is based on a female specimen measuring 60 mm in length.^[1] This species has 49 pairs of legs.^[3]

The species occurs in coastal north-eastern Queensland.^[4]^[1] The type locality is Cedar Creek, on the Atherton Tableland.^[2]

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17A (3): 1–62 [47].
^ ^a ^b 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). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 3 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 140. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
^ ^a ^b "Species Mecistocephalus mater (Verhoeff, 1925)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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Mecistocephalus mater is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.