Species Mecistocephalus tahitiensis Wood, 1862
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
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), 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
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial, under bark.
General References
Attems, C.G. 1929. Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha. Das Tierreich, Lief. 52. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. 388 pp. [131] (distribution)
Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [63] (Mecistocephalus tahitiensis)
Haase, E. 1887. Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt I. Chilopoden. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5: 1-118 [101 pl. 6, fig. 108] (Mecistocephalus tahitiensis)
Silvestri, F. 1919. Contributions to a knowledge of the Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of India. Records of the Indian Museum 16: 45-107 [74] (Lamnonyx tahitiensis; fig. 18)
Wood, H.C. 1862. On the Chilopoda of North America, with a catalogue of all of the specimens in the collection of the Smithonian Institute. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 2(5): 2-52 [43] (Mecistocephalus tahitiensis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |