Agnostrup Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003

Published, First, 2007, The Mecistocephalidae of the Japanese and Taiwanese islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), Zootaxa 1396, pp. 1-84 : 24-25

Agnostrup Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003

Mecistocephalids with 41 leg­bearing segments. Two clypeal plagulae, separated by a mid­longitudinal areolate stripe and extending along the lateral margins of the clypeus. Spiculum absent. Buccae without setae. Posterior alae of the labrum with or without longitudinal stripes, without a distinct series of marginal notches and without a marginal fringe. Coxosternum of the first maxillae divided, with a mid­longitudinal distinct suture. Coxosternum of the second maxillae undivided; groove from the metameric pore reaching the posterior corner of the coxosternum. Telopodites of the second maxillae poorly developed, not distinctly overreaching those of the first maxillae, claw absent. Forcipular tergum distinctly wider than long, without a distinct mid­longitudinal sulcus. Forcipular article I with one large distal tooth, tarsungulum with one large basal tooth. Sternal sulcus of trunk segments not furcate. Coxopleura of the last leg­bearing segment without a macropore distinct from the other pores.

Number of known species: 3, of which 1 in the considered area.