Definition of Mecistocephalidae. Meaning of Mecistocephalidae. Synonyms of Mecistocephalidae

- Mecistocephalidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha. It is the only family in the suborder Placodesmata. Most species...
- order Geophilomorpha come from three families of soil centipedes (Mecistocephalidae, Schendylidae, and Geophilidae) that exhibit relatively little intraspecific...
- Nannarrup is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. This genus contains only three species, including the type species Nannarrup...
- suborders: the monophyletic Placodesmata, which contains the family Mecistocephalidae, and Adesmata, which includes the superfamilies Himantarioidea (containing...
- Mecistocephalus mater is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German...
- Mecistocephalus s****us is a species of soil centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. The American biologist Horatio Curtis Wood first described this...
- Arrup is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae, native to Europe and Asia as far as ****an. Centipedes in this genus feature small telopodites...
- Mecistocephalus subinsularis is a species of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. This species has 49 pairs of legs. "Mecistocephalus...
- Mecistocephalus tahitiensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1862 by American myriapodologist Horatio Wood...
- Mecistocephalus apator is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin...