Dicellophilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
Genus: | Dicellophilus Cook, 1896 |
Type species | |
Mecistocephalus limatus Wood, 1862
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Dicellophilus is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae.[1] This genus was introduced by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1896 to contain the species D. limatus,[2] which he explicitly designated as the type species.[3] This genus contains four species and is notable for the highly disjunct geographic distribution of these species.[1]