IRMNG - Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

IRMNG taxon details

Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

IRMNG_ID

1208555 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1208555)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 1893

Synonymised names

Brachyptyx Chamberlin, 1920 · unaccepted

Dasyptyx Chamberlin, 1920 · unaccepted

Ectoptyx Chamberlin, 1920 · unaccepted

Formosocephalus Verhoeff, 1937 · unaccepted

Fusichila Chamberlin, 1953 · unaccepted

Lamnonyx Cook, 1896 · unaccepted

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Species Mecistocephalus collinus Verhoeff, 1937
Species Mecistocephalus gracilis (Verhoeff, 1925)
Species Mecistocephalus kurandanus Chamberlin, 1920
Species Mecistocephalus manazurensis Shinohara, 1961
Species Mecistocephalus mater (Verhoeff, 1925)
Species Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843
Species Mecistocephalus satumensis Takakuwa, 1938
Species Mecistocephalus simplex Chamberlin, 1920
Species Mecistocephalus tahitiensis Wood, 1862

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 10
page(s): 178 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1208555 on 2025-03-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

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original description Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 10
page(s): 178 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

extant flag source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

habitat flag source Barber, A. D. (2009). Littoral myriapods: a review. <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 81(3): 735-760. [details]

original description (of Ectoptyx Chamberlin, 1920) Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 64
page(s): 65 [details]

original description (of Formosocephalus Verhoeff, 1937) Bull. Raffles Mus., 13
page(s): 228 [details]

original description (of Fusichila Chamberlin, 1953) Gr. Basin Nat., 13
page(s): 81 [details]

original description (of Dasyptyx Chamberlin, 1920) Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 64
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Brachyptyx Chamberlin, 1920) Canad. Ent., 52
page(s): 184 [details]

original description (of Lamnonyx Cook, 1896) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 18
page(s): 61 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes littoral species, refer Barber, 2010 [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Ectoptyx Chamberlin, 1920)
To BioNames database (from synonym Formosocephalus Verhoeff, 1937)
To BioNames database (from synonym Fusichila Chamberlin, 1953)
To BioNames database (from synonym Dasyptyx Chamberlin, 1920)
To BioNames database (from synonym Lamnonyx Cook, 1896)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Lamnonyx Cook, 1896)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Dasyptyx Chamberlin, 1920)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Ectoptyx Chamberlin, 1920)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Fusichila Chamberlin, 1953)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Formosocephalus Verhoeff, 1937)
To WoRMS