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Sepedonophilus
''Sepedonophilus'' is a genus of three species of centipedes in the family (biology), family Geophilidae. This genus is endemism, endemic to Australia, and was first described by Austrian myriapodology, myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1909. Centipedes in this genus feature scattered coxal pores and have no sternal pores; the lateral parts of the Labrum (arthropod mouthpart), labrum almost touch medially, and the intermediate part is inconspicuous; the coxosternite of the second maxillae have peculiar anterior projections. These centipedes range from about 2 cm to 5 cm in length and have 49 to 79 pairs of legs. The smallest species in this genus, ''Sepedonophilus hodites'', measures only 18 mm in length and has only 49 leg pairs, the minimum number recorded in this genus, whereas the largest species, ''Sepedonophilus perforatus, S. perforatus'', measures 50 mm in length and has 79 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in this genus. Species Valid species: * ''Sepedonoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepedonophilus Hodites
''Sepedonophilus hodites'' is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1940 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. Description The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 18 mm in length with 49 pairs of legs. Distribution The species occurs in most Australian states. It has also been recorded in Hawaii as an adventive species, though is probably not established there. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. References hodites In Greek mythology, the name Hodites (Ancient Greek: Ὁδίτην ) may refer to: *Hodites, a Centaur at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, killed by Mopsus. *Hodites, killed by Clymenus during the battle between Perseus and Phineus. *Hodite ... Centipedes of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Animals described in 1940 Taxa named by Ralph Vary Chamberlin< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepedonophilus Perforatus
''Sepedonophilus perforatus'' is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase. Description The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 50 mm in length with 79 pairs of legs. Distribution The species occurs in eastern Queensland. The type locality is Gayndah. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. References perforatus ''Perforatus'' (South European Acorn Barnacle, Red-striped Acorn Barnacle) is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Balanomorpha. As a result of research published in 2021 ... Centipedes of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Arthropods of Queensland Animals described in 1887 Taxa named by Erich Haase {{Myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepedonophilus Attemsii
''Sepedonophilus attemsii'' is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Description The original description of this species is based on female specimens ranging from 23 mm to 36 mm in length with 53 or 55 pairs of legs. Distribution The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constitue ..., soil and rotting wood. References attemsii Centipedes of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Arthropods of Queensland Animals described in 1925 Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff {{Myriapoda-stub ... [...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 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Attems
Carl August Graf Attems-Petzenstein (13 October 1868 in Graz, Austria – 19 April 1952 in Vienna) was an Austrian myriapodologist and invertebrate zoologist. He published 138 scientific papers, most of them dealing with his specialist field, the myriapods. He described about 1800 new species and subspecies from all over the world. Life Attems was born in 1868 in Graz, to the aristocratic family of Attems. He attended school in Graz, then he followed his family's wish and studied law and law history. After finishing his studies in 1891 he went to Bonn and dedicated himself to his main interest: zoology. He started his zoology studies in Germany, later moved to Vienna. Attems completed his degree with the dissertation "Die Copulationsfüße der Polydesmiden". During his further studies he spent a lot of time examining the myriapod collection of the Viennese Hofmuseum (today's Naturhistorisches Museum). In 1898 he visited the zoological station at Naples and one year later he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animals Described In 1909
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Named By Carl Attems
In biology, a taxon ( back-formation from '' taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion. If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were set forth in Carl Linnaeus's system in ''Systema Naturae'', 10th edition (1758), as well as an unpublished work by Bernard and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. The idea of a unit-based system of biological classification was first made widely available in 1805 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centipede Genera
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] |
Labrum (arthropod Mouthpart)
The labrum is a flap-like structure that lies immediately in front of the mouth in almost all extant Euarthropoda. The most conspicuous exceptions are the Pycnogonida, which probably are chelicerate-relatives. In entomology, the labrum amounts to the "upper lip" of an insect mouth, the corresponding "lower lip" being the labium. The evolutionary origin, embryogenesis and morphological development of the labrum have proved to be by far the most controversial and challenging topic in the study of arthropod head structures. Embryonic nature and origin of the labrum The labrum is innervated in crustaceans and insects from the tritocerebrum (the back of the brain). However, in development, its embryonic primordium often appears at the anterior of the head and migrates backwards towards its adult position. Furthermore, it often appears as a bilobed structure, with a set of muscles, nerves and gene expression in many ways similar to that of an appendage. This evidence has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriapodology
Myriapodology is the scientific study of myriapods which includes centipedes and millipedes. The field of myriapodology can also cover other myriapods such as pauropods and symphylans. Those who study myriapods are myriapodologists. Societies * International Society of Myriapodology Journals * ''International Journal of Myriapodology'' * ''Myriapodologica'' * ''Myriapod Memoranda'' Notable myriapodologists * Carl Attems (1868–1952), Austrian zoologist, described over 1,000 species * Stanley Graham Brade-Birks (1887-1982), English myriapodologist who with Hilda K Brade-Birks authored ''Notes on Myriapoda'': 23 papers jointly from 1916 to the 1920s; then twelve more solo until 1939 * Henry W. Brolemann (1860–1933), French myriapodologist, described around 500 species * Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967), American arachnologist and myriapodologist, described over 1,000 species * Orator F. Cook (1867–1949), American botanist and myriapodologist, co-described world's leggie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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