This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Bonato, Lucio, Foddai, Donatella, Minelli, Alessandro (2002): A new mecistocephalid centipede from Ryukyu Islands and a revisitation of ‘ Taiwanella’ (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae). Zootaxa 86: 1-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4620143
Abstract
Proterotaiwanella tanabei n. g. n. sp. is described for a mecistocephalid centipede collected in Kume Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Of the two Taiwanese species originally included in the genus ‘ Taiwanella’ Takakuwa, 1936 (invalid name), ‘ Taiwanella’ sculptulata Takakuwa, 1936 is recognised as belonging to the new genus (as Proterotaiwanella sculptulata (Takakuwa, 1936), n. comb.) while ‘ Taiwanella’ yanagiharai Takakuwa, 1936 is recognised as belonging to the large genus Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 (as Mecistocephalus yanagiharai (Takakuwa, 1936), n. comb.). The geographical range of the two species of Proterotaiwanella (Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands) parallels a distribution pattern common to some mecistocephalid taxa.
Key words: Proterotaiwanella, Proterotaiwanella tanabei, Taiwanella, Mecistocephalidae, Chilopoda, taxonomy
Bonato L, Foddai D, Minelli A, plazi (2002). A new mecistocephalid centipede from Ryukyu Islands and a revisitation of ‘ Taiwanella’ (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4620143 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.
