Mecistocephalus sechellarum Demange, 1981

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing (Gerlach, 2014)

Last record: 1972 (Gerlach, 2014)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution & Habitat

Silhouette, Seychelles

Type locality: Silhouette: Mont Dauban (Bonato et al., 2016)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Demange, J.-M. (1891). 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.

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.

Bonato, L. and Minelli, A. (2010). The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 360-375 [369]. In: Gerlach, Justin and Marusik, Y. (eds.). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press.

Gerlach, Justin. (2014). Mecistocephalus sechellarum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196716A2475385. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196716A2475385.en. Downloaded on 22 December 2015.

Gerlach, Justin, Matyot, P. and Saaristo, M. (1997). Silhouette species list. Phelsuma 5(supplement A): 1-42 [16].

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