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Centipede (band) Members
Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which includes millipedes and other multi-legged animals. Centipedes are elongated segmented (metameric) creatures with one pair of legs per body segment. All centipedes are venomous and can inflict painful bites, injecting their venom through pincer-like appendages known as forcipules. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs, ranging from 30 to 382. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs; no centipede has exactly 100. Like spiders and scorpions, centipedes are predominantly carnivorous. Their size ranges from a few millimetres in the smaller lithobiomorphs and geophilomorphs to about in the largest scolopendromorphs. Centipedes can be found in a wide variety of environments. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozoic Era. As with other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period's start and end are well identified, but the exact dates are uncertain by a few million years. The base of the Silurian is set at a series of major Ordovician–Silurian extinction events when up to 60% of marine genera were wiped out. One important event in this period was the initial establishment of terrestrial life in what is known as the Silurian-Devonian Terrestrial Revolution: vascular plants emerged from more primitive land plants, dikaryan fungi started expanding and diversifying along with glomeromycotan fungi, and three groups of arthropods (myriapods, arachnids and hexapods) became fully terrestrialized. A significant evolutionary milestone during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolopocryptopidae
Scolopocryptopidae is a family of blind centipedes. The number of leg-bearing segments is fixed at 23 for species in this family, which distinguishes the species in this family from all other centipede species. Genera * '' Dinocryptops'' * '' Ectonocryptoides'' * '' Ectonocryptops'' * '' Kartops'' * '' Kethops'' * ''Newportia'' * ''Scolopocryptops ''Scolopocryptops'' is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopocryptopidae. There are at least 20 described species in ''Scolopocryptops''. Species These 22 species belong to the genus ''Scolopocryptops'': * '' Scolopocryptops aberra ...'' * '' Thalkethops'' * '' Tidops'' File:Scolopocryptops troglocaudatus Gruna do Cantinho Cave.jpg, alt=, Scolopocryptos troglocaudatus File:Newportia stoevi 2012 1-4.jpg, alt=, Newportia stoevi File:Scolopocryptops sexspinosus - inat 65004327.jpg, alt=, Scolopocryptops sexspinosus File:Newportia spelaea (10.3897-subtbiol.19.8207) Figure 3 (cropped).jpg, alt=, Newportia spelaea Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placodesmata
Mecistocephalidae are a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha. It is the only family in the suborder Placodesmata. Most species in this family live in tropical or subtropical regions, but some occur in temperate regions. This family is the third most diverse in the order Geophiliomorpha (after Geophilidae and Schendylidae), with about 170 species, including about 130 species in the genus ''Mecistocephalus''. This family differs from all other geophilomorphs insofar as the number of segments in mecistocephalids is generally fixed within each species and the same for each sex. The family includes centipedes with odd numbers of leg-bearing segments ranging from as few as 41 to as many as 101. A majority of the species in the genus ''Mecistocephalus'' have 49 pairs of legs, a majority so large that most species in the family Mecistocephalidae have 49 leg pairs, even though only one mecistocephalid species (''Proterotaiwanella sculptulata'') outside the genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schendylidae
Schendylidae is a paraphyletic (with respect to Ballophilidae) family of soil centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea. There are at least 47 genera and 310 described species in Schendylidae. Compared to most other families in the suborder Adesmata Adesmata is a suborder of centipedes within the order Geophilomorpha containing the superfamilies Geophiloidea and Himantarioidea. This suborder contains 13 families. All members of this suborder have ventral defensive glands. Description Spec ..., this family features a modest number of leg-bearing segments (no more than 87) and limited variation in this number within each species (usually no more than three or four contiguous odd numbers). This family includes the two species with the fewest legs (27 pairs) in the order Geophilomorpha: males in the species ''Schendylops ramirezi'' have only 27 pairs of legs, while females have 29, and males in the species ''S. oligopus'' have 27 or 29 (usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oryidae
''Oryidae'' is a monophyletic family of soil centipedes belonging to the superfamily Himantarioidea. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within species and ranges from 53 to 169. This family contains the following genera: * ''Aspidopleres'' * ''Chamberlinia ''Chamberlinia'' is a monotypic genus of centipedes belonging to the family Oryidae. The only species is ''Chamberlinia lineata''. The taxon is named after American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin Ralph Vary Chamberlin (January 3, 1879October ...'' * '' Ctenorya'' * '' Diphtherogaster'' * '' Endoptelus'' * '' Heniorya'' * '' Lamotteophilus'' * '' Marshallopus'' * '' Metaxythus'' * '' Notiphilides'' * '' Nycternyssa'' * '' Orphnaeus'' * '' Orya'' * '' Parorya'' * '' Pentorya'' * '' Stenorya'' * '' Titanophilus'' * '' Trematorya'' References Centipede families Geophilomorpha {{Myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himantariidae
Himantariidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea Himantarioidea is a monophyletic superfamily of soil centipedes in the suborder Adesmata containing the families Oryidae ''Oryidae'' is a monophyletic family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consangu ..., found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within species and ranges from 47 to 181. This family contains these genera: *'' Acrophilus'' *'' Bothriogaster'' *'' Californiphilus'' *'' Causerium'' *'' Chomatobius'' *'' Diadenoschisma'' *'' Geoballus'' *'' Gosiphilus'' *'' Gosothrix'' *'' Haplophilus'' *'' Himantariella'' *'' Himantarium'' *'' Meinertophilus'' *'' Mesocanthus'' *'' Nesoporogaster'' *'' Nothobius'' *'' Notiphilus'' *'' Notobius'' *'' Polyporogaster'' *'' Pseudohimantarium'' *'' Stigmatogaster'' *'' Straberax'' *'' Thracophilus'' Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himantarioidea
Himantarioidea is a monophyletic superfamily of soil centipedes in the suborder Adesmata containing the families Oryidae, Himantariidae, and Schendylidae Schendylidae is a paraphyletic (with respect to Ballophilidae) family of soil centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea. There are at least 47 genera and 310 described species in Schendylidae. Compared to most ... (including Ballophilidae). It's characterized by labrum fringed by marginal denticles, epipharynx with clusters of spear-shaped sensilla on the clypeal part, and telopodites of the second maxillae with a distally flattened pretarsus. References Geophilomorpha Arthropod superfamilies {{Myriapod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelanophilidae
Zelanophilidae is a family of centipedes belonging to the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Geophiloidea. Genera: * '' Australiophilus'' Verhoeff, 1925 * '' Tasmanophilus'' Chamberlin, 1920 * '' Zelanophilus'' Chamberlin, 1920 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q107370546 Geophilomorpha Centipede families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonibregmatidae
Gonibregmatidae are a paraphyletic (with respect to Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae) family of soil centipedes belonging to the superfamily Geophiloidea. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within species and ranges from 57 to 191. This family includes the species ''Gonibregmatus plurimipes'', which can have as many as 191 leg pairs, the maximum number found in the class Chilopoda Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda ( Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, a .... Genera: * '' Disargus'' Cook, 1896 * '' Gonibregmatus'' Newport, 1843 * '' Himantosoma'' Pocock, 1891 * '' Sogophagus'' Chamberlin, 1912 * '' Vinaphilus'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4039583 Geophilomorpha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geophilidae
The Geophilidae are a polyphyletic, cosmopolitan family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Geophiloidea containing the mostly defunct clades Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, Chilenophilinae, and Macronicophilidae. Species in this family are characterized by mandibles with a single pectinate lamella, slender antennae, sternal pores with variable arrangement, a generally slightly or moderately elongate head, frequently undivided coxosternite with two paramedian sclerotized lines, claws without rows of filament, and female gonopods usually being an undivided lamina. Compared to most other families in the suborder Adesmata, this family features a modest number of leg-bearing segments (no more than 125) and limited variation in this number within each species. Two species in this family include centipedes with only 29 pairs of legs: ''Geophilus persephones'' (29 pairs in the only specimen, a male), and '' G. richardi'' (29 or 31 pairs in the males and 33 pairs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geophiloidea
''Geophiloidea'' is a superfamily in the order Geophilomorpha and suborder Adesmata containing the families Zelanophilidae, Gonibregmatidae Gonibregmatidae are a paraphyletic (with respect to Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae) family of soil centipedes belonging to the superfamily Geophiloidea. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within species and ranges from 5 ... (including Eriphantidae and Neogeophilidae), and Geophilidae (including Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, Chilenophilinae, and Macronicophilidae). It's characterized by an epipharynx with a bilobate border separating the clypeal and the labral parts, hypopharynx with spines extending to most frontal and ventral parts, and mandibles with a single, pectinate lamella. References {{Reflist Geophilomorpha Arthropod superfamilies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adesmata
Adesmata is a suborder of centipedes within the order Geophilomorpha containing the superfamilies Geophiloidea and Himantarioidea. This suborder contains 13 families. All members of this suborder have ventral defensive glands. Description Species of the suborder Adesmata are characterized by a labrum without a separate intermediate tooth, the lateral parts fringed by projections; coxal projections and telopodites of the first maxillae possessing subapical spine-sensilla and apical scutefilaments; telopodites of the second maxillae short compared to the coxosternite width; forcipular coxosternite with chitin-lines; glands along the trunk opening in ventral pore-fields; and a variable number of legs between conspecific specimens. However, there are reversals within the suborder and most autapomorphies In phylogenetics, an autapomorphy is a distinctive feature, known as a derived trait, that is unique to a given taxon. That is, it is found only in one taxon, but not found i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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