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Genus Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

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Genus Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Ethiopia

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Remarks

Types-species: Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843 (cf. Chamberlin, 1914, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Comp. Zool. Harv., 58: 161; Crabhill, 1957, J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 47: 344; type species redescribed by Crabhill, 1970, J. nat. Hist., 4:231).

 

General References

Attems, C.G. 1929. Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha. Das Tierreich, Lief. 52. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. 388 pp. [127] (distribution and key to species of Ribautia)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)