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Checklist for Suborder Placodesmata
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
9
23
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
8
16
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Epimorpha
Haase, 1880
7
14
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Geophilomorpha
Pocock, 1895
Earth Centipede, Earth Centipedes, Soil Centipede
4
5
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Placodesmata
1
1
8
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
1 Family width 8 Species
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18938SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
1 Genera with 8 Species
Mecistocephalus Newport, 19198SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
8 Species
Mecistocephalus gigas Haase, 1887
Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis Attems, 1901
Mecistocephalus magister Chamberlin, 1939
Mecistocephalus modestus Silvestri, 1919
Mecistocephalus subgigas Silvestri, 1919
Mecistocephalus tahitiensis Wood, 1862
Mecistocephalus tsenapus Chamberlin, 1944
Mecistocephalus uncifer Silvestri, 1919

Subnodes of Placodesmata with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyMecistocephalidae
Bollman, 1893
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Placodesmata at itis.gov
Placodesmata at marinespecies.org