Dicellophilus Cook, 1896

Published, First, 2007, The Mecistocephalidae of the Japanese and Taiwanese islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), Zootaxa 1396, pp. 1-84 : 26-27

Dicellophilus Cook, 1896

Mecistocephalids with 41, 43 or 45 leg­bearing segments. An entire clypeal plagula, without a midlongitudinal areolate stripe, extending along the lateral margins of the clypeus, bearing tens of setae. Spiculum absent. Buccae without setae. Posterior alae of the labrum uniformly concave, with longitudinal stripes, without a distinct series of marginal notches and with a marginal fringe. Coxosternum of the first maxillae divided, with a mid­longitudinal suture. Coxosternum of the second maxillae undivided; groove from the metameric pore reaching either the posterior margin or the posterior corner of coxosternum. Telopodites of the second maxillae well developed, overreaching those of the first maxillae; claw present. Forcipular tergum only slightly wider than long, without a distinct mid­longitudinal sulcus. Forcipular articles I–III each with a small tooth or a tubercle; tarsungulum with or without a basal tooth. Sternal sulcus of trunk segments not furcate. Coxopleura of the last leg­bearing segment with a ventral macropore among scattered, smaller pores. Legs of the last pair more swollen in males than in females, with an apical tubercle bearing a few short spines.

Number of known species: 4, of which 1 in the considered area.