MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CHIL-2148

Mecistocephalus mimeticus Chamberlin, 1920

Holotype of Mecistocephalus mimeticus

Date Collected:

1850/1920

Oceania: Solomon Islands: Solomon Islands | Fulakara

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CHIL-2148 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology CHIL-2148 Description: Digital photograph of preserved specimen.;

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

Chamberlin 1920, page 61, Holotype of Mecistocephalus mimeticus Chamberlin, 1920 p. 61-62
Media type: text; Chamberlin 1920 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIV no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Chamberlin 1920 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIV no. 1

  • collection number: RVC 2148

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-03-27
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-03-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-03-27
citation 1920. Bull. MCZ, Vol. 64(1): 61 - 62 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • Paratypes for this species are designated in publication, but are unclear: In "List of Chamberlin species"; with numbers (2)148, 2149 - 2153, 2854, 2855. 2152, 2854 and 2855 are listed in the publication, but were not found in the collections during the 2000 collections search. 2154 and 2165 are labelled paratype, but are not listed in the publication. 2149-2151, and 2153 are OK - they are both labelled and designated as paratypes.

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Solomon Islands
  • Island Group:
  • Solomon Islands
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000233 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Fulakara
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • SOLOMON ISLANDS, Fulakara
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1920-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • pre-1920 publication date
  • Collector:
  • William M. Mannlinked data icon

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