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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] |
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] |
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] |
Ballophilidae
Ballophilidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes belonging to the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily 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 centipe .... Genera Genera: * '' Afrotaenia'' Chamberlin, 1951 * '' Ballophilus'' Cook, 1896 * '' Caritohallex'' Crabill, 1960 *'' Cerethmus'' *'' Clavophilus'' *'' Diplethmus'' *'' Ityphilus'' *'' Koinethmus'' *'' Leucolinum'' *'' Taeniolinu'' *'' Tanophilus'' *'' Zygethmus'' References Geophilomorpha Centipede families {{myriapod-stub ... [...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] |
Geophilomorpha
The centipedes or Chilopoda are divided into the following orders. Scutigeromorpha The Scutigeromorpha are anamorphic, reaching 15 leg-bearing segments in length. Also known as house centipedes, they are very fast creatures, and able to withstand falling at great speed: they reach up to 15 body lengths per second when dropped, surviving the fall. They are the only centipede group to retain their original compound eyes, within which a crystalline layer analogous to that seen in chelicerates and insects can be observed. They also bear long and multi-segmented antennae. Adaptation to a burrowing lifestyle has led to the degeneration of compound eyes in other orders; this feature is of great use in phylogenetic analysis. The group is the sole extant representative of the Notostigmophora, defined by having a single spiracle opening at the posterior of each dorsal plate. The more derived groups bear a plurality of spiracular openings on their sides, and are termed the Pleurostigmopho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himantarium Gabrielis
''Himantarium gabrielis'' is a species of centipede in the family Himantariidae. Description ''Himantarium gabrielis'' can reach a length around . The head is small and lacks eyes, but has two tentacles with 14 segments. On the dorsal side of the last trunk segment are longitudinal and transversal wide sulci resembling a cross. The body is yellowish to orange in colour and has up to 179 segments, with a pair of legs each. The number of legs is very variable, usually leg-bearing segments vary from 87 to 179 in males and from 95 to 171 in females. When disturbed, this species emits viscous and proteinaceous secretions from the sternal glands. It feeds on various invertebrates. It can be found under stones or in galleries into the ground. The females protect their eggs with the body until the hatching of their young. Distribution This species is widely distributed in the Mediterranean region. It can be found in Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, North Macedo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monophyly
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic groups are typically characterised by shared derived characteristics ( synapomorphies), which distinguish organisms in the clade from other organisms. An equivalent term is holophyly. The word "mono-phyly" means "one-tribe" in Greek. Monophyly is contrasted with paraphyly and polyphyly as shown in the second diagram. A ''paraphyletic group'' consists of all of the descendants of a common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups. A '' polyphyletic group'' is characterized by convergent features or habits of scientific interest (for example, night-active primates, fruit trees, aquatic insects). The features by which a polyphyletic group is differentiated from others are not inherited from a common ancestor. These definitions have taken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superfamily (biology)
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain. While older approaches to taxonomic classification were phenomenological, forming groups on the basis of similarities in appearance, organic structure and behaviour, methods based on genetic analysis have opened the road to cladistics. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms. Above it, each rank is classified within more general categories of organisms and groups of organisms related to each other through inheritance of traits or features from common ancestors. The rank of any ''species'' and the description of its ''genus'' is ''basic''; which means that to identify a particular organism, it is usually not necessary to specify ranks other than these first two. Consider a particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suborder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes. An immediately higher rank, superorder, is sometimes added directly above order, with suborder directly beneath order. An order can also be defined as a group of related families. What does and does not belong to each order is determined by a taxonomist, as is whether a particular order should be recognized at all. Often there is no exact agreement, with different taxonomists each taking a different position. There are no hard rules that a taxonomist needs to follow in describing or recognizing an order. Some taxa are accepted almost universally, while others are recognized only rarely. The name of an order is usually written with a capital letter. For some groups of organisms, their orders may follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
