MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 31714

Mecistocephalus apator Chamberlin, 1920

Paratype of Mecistocephalus apator

Date Collected:

1896-02-01/1896-02-29

Asia: Indonesia: Greater Sunda Islands: Sulawesi Island | South Celebes; Bua-Kraeng

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:31714 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Mecistocephalus apator Chamberlin, 1920
Animalia Arthropoda Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae
Determiner: Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1920, page 333, Paratype of Mecistocephalus apator Chamberlin, 1920 p. 333-334, pl. XII, fig. 1-6

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
citation 1920. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 6: 333-334 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • No paratypes designated; described from 3 specimens. These technically may be syntypes, but left with paratypes due to Chamberlin's paratype label and difficulty in sorting out Chamberlin paratypes. Type in USNM. No MCZ number assigned in publication.

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • Island Group:
  • Greater Sunda Islands
  • Island:
  • Sulawesi Island
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7003975 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • South Celebes; Bua-Kraeng
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • INDONESIA (Celebes), Sulawesi, South Celebes; Bua-Kraeng
  • Elevation:
  • 5000 ft
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Bawakaraeng (= Bua Kraeng),
  • Georeference:
  • -5.3172220°, 119.943889° (Error radius: 5000m) By: Laura Leibensperger on 2020-04-28 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1896-02-01 / 1896-02-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 2/1896
  • Collector:
  • Hans Fruhstorfer

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