Mecistocephalus angusticeps is species of soil centipede in the family Mecistocephalidae.

[3][4] The French zoologist Henri Ribaut first described this species in 1914 based on a single adult female specimen found in 1911 in one of the Shimoni caves at sea level on the coast of Kenya.

[5] In 1920, the American biologist Ralph V. Chamberlain moved this species to the genus Mecistocephalus.

The body is mostly yellow, with fine dark pigmentation on the dorsal surface, but the head and most anterior segments are a reddish brown.

The sternum of the last leg-bearing segment has a trapezoidal shape and is more wide than long, with a notch on each lateral margin.