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Mecistocephalus cyclops Brölemann, 1896

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing (Gerlach, 2014)

Last record: 1892 (Gerlach, 2014)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

La Digue, Seychelles

Type locality: La Digue (Bonato et al., 2016)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Brölemann, H.-W. (1896). Mission Scientifique de  M. Ch. Alluaud aux Iles Séchelles: Myriapodes. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 8: 518-538.


Other references:

Bonato, L., Chagas Junior, A., Edgecombe, G. D., Lewis, J. G. E., Minelli, A., Pereira, L. A., Shelley, R. M., Stoev, P. and Zapparoli, M. (2016). ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Available at: https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

Chamberlin. (1920). Can. Ent. 52: 185.

Demange J.-M. (1981). Contribution à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972): Myriapoda - Chilopoda - Revue de Zoologie Africaine 95: 623-652

Gerlach, Justin. (2014). Mecistocephalus cyclops. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196717A2475392. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196717A2475392.en. Downloaded on 22 December 2015.

Gerlach, Justin and Maursik, Y. (2010). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester.

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