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Centipedes are elongated segmented animals with one pair of legs per body segment. All centipedes are venomous and can inflict painful stings, injecting their venom through pincer-like appendages known as forcipules or toxicognaths, which are actually modified legs instead of fangs. Despite the name, no species of centipede has exactly 100 legs ...
Thereuopoda longicornis, also known as the long-legged centipede, is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It was first described in 1793 by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius. [1] [2]
These centipedes range from about 2 cm to about 5 cm in length and have 39 to 73 pairs of legs. [3] The Japanese species Tuoba japonicus , with 41 to 51 leg pairs in each sex, is notable for its small size, reaching a maximum length of only 17 mm. [ 4 ] The species T. sydneyensis can reach 32 mm in length but can also have as few as 39 leg ...
Scolopendra galapagoensis, also known as the Galápagos centipede [3] [4] and Darwin's goliath centipede, [5] [6] is species of very large centipede in the family Scolopendridae. [7] It is the only representative of the genus Scolopendra on the Galapagos Islands , among twelve other species of centipede present on the Islands.
Common centipede is the common name of two centipede species: Lithobius forficatus, a Eurasian stone centipede; Scolopendra morsitans, an originally African centipede, now found also in many other localities; The Centipede grass is also sometimes called common centipede.
Scolopocryptopidae is a family of blind centipedes in the order Scolopendromorpha. [1] 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. [2] [3] This family includes more than 90 species. [4]
Lithobius variegatus is a species of centipede found in Europe, sometimes called the common banded centipede or banded centipede. Lithobius variegatus can be distinguished from its close relative Lithobius forficatus by the presence of conspicuous purple or brown rings around its legs. [ 2 ]
Both centipede bites and centipede-containing medicine can cause allergic reactions, yet no natural centipede allergen has been characterized and officially identified until 2021. [38] The novel allergen found in S. mutilans, Sco m 5, was the first natural centipede allergen to be identified and characterized by Lan et al.