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Checklist for Suborder Placodesmata
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
7
14
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
5
10
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Epimorpha
Haase, 1880
3
7
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Geophilomorpha
Pocock, 1895
Earth Centipede, Earth Centipedes, Soil Centipede
2
2
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Placodesmata
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
1 Family width 4 Species
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18934SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
1 Genera with 4 Species
Mecistocephalus Newport, 19194SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
4 Species
Mecistocephalus (Mecistocephalus) punctifrons Newport, 1843
Mecistocephalus celebensis Chamberlin, 1920
Mecistocephalus heteropus Humbert, 1865
Mecistocephalus subinsularis Silvestri, 1919

Subnodes of Placodesmata with occurrences in Sri Lanka
FamilyMecistocephalidae
Bollman, 1893
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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