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Mecophilus

Mecophilus

Silvestri, 1909

GBIF:192444275

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Type species. Mecophilus neotropicus Silvestri, 1909, by monotypy.
Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D. (2022): A new species of Mecophilus (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae), with the first report of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 5092 (1): 134-142, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.1.8

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AnimaliaArthropodaChilopodaGeophilomorphaAphilodontidaeMecophilus

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A new species of Mecophilus (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae), with the first report of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D. (2022): A new species of Mecophilus (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae), with the first report of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 5092 (1): 134-142, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.1.8

Abstract

Mecophilus carioca n. sp. is described based on males and females recently sampled in the Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, and is the first record of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The specimens were analyzed in both light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and photos and schematic illustrations are provided. The known distribution of the three species of Mecophilus are presented in a map.

Calvanese V C, Brescovit A D, plazi (2022). A new species of Mecophilus (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae), with the first report of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nak7kg accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

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GBIF Usage Key
192444275
Dataset Key
2ce1e31f-7fab-4f7d-9d4f-c41eab63011b
Origin
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Backbone Key
2233976
Taxon ID
0F2F87973A7C9351FF4B25E12D4FFBA8.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026
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