Schendyla nemorensis
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Schendylidae |
Genus: | Schendyla |
Species: | S. nemorensis
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Schendyla nemorensis is a species of centipede in the Schendylidae family. It was first described in 1836 by German entomologist Carl Ludwig Koch.[1][2]
Subspecies
- Schendyla nemorensis fountaini Turk, 1944
- Schendyla nemorensis quarnerana Verhoeff, 1937
Description
This species can reach 28 mm in length.[3] Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, usually 39; females have 39 to 43 leg pairs, usually 39 or 41.[4]
Distribution
The species has a principally Palearctic distribution, but has been introduced to Tasmania from Europe.[5] The type locality is the vicinity of Regensburg in Bavaria, southern Germany.[2]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[5]
References
- ^ a b Koch, CL (1837). Deutschlands Crustaceen Myriapoden und Arachniden. Regensburg: Putet. p. 142.
- ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 60. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
- ^ Iorio, Etienne (2004). "Contribution à la connaissance des Chilopodes des régions Centre, Île-de-France et Poitou-Charentes (Myriapoda)". Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux (in French). 32 (4): 235-255 [250] – via ResearchGate.
- ^ a b "Species Schendyla nemorensis (C.L. Koch, 1836)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2023.