Mecistocephalus erythroceps is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family.

[2] It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.

[1][2] This species has 51 pairs of legs and can reach 31 mm in length.

The body is a uniformly light yellow with a reddish head.

The body is slender, with a uniform width for the anterior half but attenuated over the posterior half.