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Proterotaiwanella

Proterotaiwanella is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. This genus includes only two species, the type species P. tanabei and the species P. sculptulata. The species P. sculptulata features 49 pairs of legs and is found in Taiwan, whereas the species P. tanabei features 45 leg pairs and is found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 999883.