Schendylops
Sign in to saveSchendylops is the largest genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae, containing more than 60 species. Most species in this genus are found in the Neotropical region, but a dozen species are found in Africa and Madagascar. These species live in diverse habitats, ranging from sea level (e.g., in the Caribbean region) to high elevations, e.g., at in the Andes mountains. This genus was first proposed by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1899 for the type species originally named Schendyla grandidieri in 1897.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassChilopoda
- OrderGeophilomorpha
- FamilySchendylidae
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Schendylops is the largest genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae, containing more than 60 species. Most species in this genus are found in the Neotropical region, but a dozen species are found in Africa and Madagascar. These species live in diverse habitats, ranging from sea level (e.g., in the Caribbean region) to high elevations, e.g., at in the Andes mountains. This genus was first proposed by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1899 for the type species originally named Schendyla grandidieri in 1897.
== Description == Centipedes in this genus feature two rows of filaments on the claws of the second maxillae, fields of pores on the sternites of leg-bearing segments, two pores on each coxopleuron, and ultimate legs with seven segments but no claw. The pleurites of the second maxillae are not fused to the coxosternite. Species in this genus range from in length and have from 27 to 87 pairs of legs.