Mecistocephalus pseustes

Mecistocephalus pseustes is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.^[1][2] This species is brown, has 51 pairs of legs, and can reach 40 mm in length.^[1]

Mecistocephalus pseustes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Mecistocephalidae
Genus:	Mecistocephalus
Species:	M. pseustes
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus pseustes (Chamberlin, 1939)[1]
Synonyms
Dasyptyx pseustes Chamberlin, 1920

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Prauwenbivak, Western New Guinea.^[2]