Pilbara Soil Centipede (WAM DNA10)
Mecistocephalus
FP-14306
Discoverer: E.S. Volschenk (2013)
Fauna Portal species: 14306
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Diagnosis
Mecistocephalus FP-14306 is diagnosed by molecular methods (COI barcoding).
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
unknown
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Western Australian Museum
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T128063
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17 May 2013
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Australia
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Western Australia
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ca. 19 km WSW. of Pannawonica
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litter Sifting
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Volker Framenau, 12 September 2025