Schendylidae

	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]
	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]
picture info	Soil Centipede 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 no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
	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]