''Schendyla'' is a
genus
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of
soil centipedes in the
family
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Schendylidae
Schendylidae is a paraphyletic (with respect to Ballophilidae) family of soil centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha
The centipedes or Chilopoda are divided into the following orders.
Scutigeromorpha
The Scutigeromorpha are anamorphic, reachi ...
.
These
centipedes
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are found in the west
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
region.
This genus was described by Danish
entomologist
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s
Vilhelm Bergsøe
Jörgen Vilhelm Bergsøe (8 February 1835 - 26 June 1911) was a Danish entomologist who moved to Italy and became a novelist and poet.
Bergsøe was born in Copenhagen
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and
Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert
Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert (1833, in Copenhagen – 1912), was a Danish entomologist and editor of the first series of ''Entomologiske Meddelelser''.
Meinert initially studied theology . Later he was a pupil of Jørgen Matthias Christian ...
in 1866.
This genus now includes more than 20 species.
Description
Centipedes in this genus feature only a few spines on the claws of the second
maxillae
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, two pores on each coxopleuron, and
ultimate legs
Ultimate legs are a pair of modified rear legs unique to centipedes. Although they do not aid in locomotion, ultimate legs are used for a variety of uses, and their morphology varies accordingly.
Sexual dimorphism is frequently present.
Usage ...
without claws or with only rudimentary claws.
These centipedes range from about 1 cm to about 4 cm in length and have from 29 to 57 pairs of legs.
The species ''
Schendyla antici'' is notable for its small size (5 mm to 8 mm in length) and for having as few as 29 leg pairs (29 pairs in males and 31 in females), the minimum recorded in this genus.
Other small species with notably few legs in this genus include ''
S. verneri'' (reaching only 10 mm in length, with 31 pairs), ''
S. walachica'' (15 mm in length, with as few as 33 pairs in each sex),
''
S. dalmatica'' (10 mm in length, with 37 pairs in males and 39 in females), ''
S. dentata'' (12 mm in length, with 39 pairs in females),
''
S. gracillima'' (10 mm in length, with as few as 35 leg pairs). and ''
S. armata'' (11 mm in length, with as few as 33 leg pairs).
The species ''
S. monoeci'' measures only 17.5 mm in length but can have from 51 to as many as 57 leg pairs, the maximum number found in this genus.
Descriptions of the species ''
S. vizzavonae'' report no more than 51 leg pairs, but this species is notable for its relatively large size, reaching 45 mm in length.
Species
This genus includes the following species:
* ''
Schendyla antici''
Stojanović, Šević & Makarov, 2024
* ''
Schendyla apenninorum''
(Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911)
* ''
Schendyla armata''
Brölemann, 1901
* ''
Schendyla aternana''
(Verhoeff, 1934)
* ''
Schendyla capusei''
(Dărăbanţu & Matic, 1969)
* ''
Schendyla carniolensis''
Verhoeff, 1902
* ''
Schendyla dalmatica''
Attems, 1904
* ''
Schendyla delicatula''
Kaczmarek, 1969
* ''
Schendyla dentata''
(Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911)
* ''
Schendyla gracillima''
Verhoeff, 1934
* ''
Schendyla hispanica''
(Attems, 1952)
* ''
Schendyla mediterranea''
Silvestri, 1898
* ''
Schendyla monodi''
(Brölemann, 1924)
* ''
Schendyla monoeci''
Brölemann, 1904
* ''
Schendyla negreai''
(Dărăbanţu & Matic, 1969)
* ''
Schendyla nemorensis
''Schendyla nemorensis'' is a species of centipede in the Schendylidae family. It was first described in 1836 by German entomologist Carl Ludwig Koch.
Subspecies
* ''Schendyla nemorensis fountaini'' Turk, 1944
* ''Schendyla nemorensis quarner ...
''
(C.L.Koch, 1837)
* ''
Schendyla peyerimhoffi''
Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911
* ''
Schendyla tyrolensis''
(Meinert, 1870)
* ''
Schendyla varnensis''
(Kaczmarek, 1969)
* ''
Schendyla verneri''
(Folkmanová & Dobroruka, 1960)
* ''
Schendyla vizzavonae''
Léger & Duboscq, 1903
* ''
Schendyla walachica''
Verhoeff, 1900
References
Centipede genera
Animals described in 1996
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