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Alipes grandidieri, most commonly known as the feather-tail centipede, is a species of centipede. [2] It is a member of the genus Alipes and the family Scolopendridae. [2] It was first described from Zanzibar, as Eucorybas Grandidieri [sic] by Hippolyte Lucas in 1864. [3] The species range is in eastern Africa, in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. [2]
Schendylops is the largest genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae, containing more than 60 species. [1] [2] This genus was first proposed by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1899 for the type species originally named Schendyla grandidieri in 1897.
Alipes is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopendridae, found in Africa. [2] [3] [4] Alipes get their unique name from their leaf-like legs. [5] Species
Two European species in this family include centipedes with only 29 pairs of legs: Geophilus persephones (29 in the only specimen, a male), and G. richardi (29 or 31 in males and 33 in females). [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In the order Geophilomorpha , only two species include centipedes with fewer leg pairs, both of them in the family Schendylidae . [ 12 ]
Schendylops oligopus is a species of soil centipede in the family Schendylidae. [1] This species is notable as one of only two species in the order Geophilomorpha known to include centipedes with only 27 pairs of legs, the minimum number recorded in this order.
Schendylidae is a family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Himantarioidea and the order Geophilomorpha. [1] [2] These centipedes are found in the Americas, the Palearctic region, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and southeast Asia, and also on some Pacific islands. [3] This family was first proposed by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in ...
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 ...
Geophilomorpha is an order of centipedes commonly known as soil centipedes. [1] The name "Geophilomorpha" is from Ancient Greek roots meaning "formed to love the earth." [2] This group is the most diverse centipede order, with 230 genera. [3] These centipedes are found nearly worldwide but are absent in Antarctica and most Arctic regions. [4]