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[19] [20] The species with 12 pairs are the only myriapods with actual legs on the first body segment, as the first pair of legs is modified into forcipules in centipedes, and in pauropods the segment is a reduced collum which bears ventrally a pair of small papillae, while in millipedes it's a collum without any appendages at all. [21]
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]
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 ...
Aphilodon silvestrii is a species of soil centipede in the subfamily Aphilodontinae, a clade formerly known as the family Aphilodontidae [1] but now deemed a subfamily within the family Geophilidae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This centipede can have 67, 69, or 71 pairs of legs and is notable for its size, reaching 61 mm in length, which is among the ...
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]
Scolopendra morsitans was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his book 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758 and has since retained its original scientific name. [15] The species was nominated as the type species of the centipede genus Scolopendra in a submission to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature in 1955 which was approved two years later.
Scutigera coleoptrata, also known as the house centipede, is a species of centipede that is typically yellowish-grey and has up to 15 pairs of long legs. Originating in the Mediterranean region , it has spread to other parts of the world, where it can live in human homes. [ 1 ]
Scolopendra subspinipes is a species of very large centipede found throughout southeastern Asia. One of the most widespread and common species in the genus Scolopendra, it is also found on virtually all land areas around and within the Indian Ocean, all of tropical and subtropical Asia from Russia to the islands of Malaysia and Indonesia, Australia, South and Central America, the Caribbean ...