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.

== Discovery and taxonomy == The species P. sculptulata was first described in 1936 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa based on syntypes found in Xizhou and Xihu, both in the county of Changhua in Taiwan. These syntypes were probably lost during World War II. Takakuwa described this species under the name Taiwanella sculptulata, proposing a new genus, Taiwanella, to contain this species along with another new species that he described simultaneously.