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Centipedes are elongated segmented (metameric) creatures 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.
Scutigera coleoptrata. 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] It is an insectivore; it kills and eats other ...
Symphyla. Symphylans, also known as garden centipedes or pseudocentipedes, are soil-dwelling arthropods of the class Symphyla in the subphylum Myriapoda. Symphylans resemble centipedes, but are very small, non-venomous, and only distantly related to both centipedes and millipedes. [1][2] More than 200 species are known worldwide. [3]
Scolopendra morsitans, also known as the Tanzanian blue ringleg[2] or red-headed centipede, [3] is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae. [4][5] S. morsitans is the type species for the genus Scolopendra. [6][7] Adult Tanzanian blue ringlegs grow to around 13 centimetres (5.1 in) and are generally characterised by bright red heads ...
This study investigates the nature of the fat body structure in soil centipedes, looking specifically at G.flavus. The study, conducted in 2019, is the first academic paper to investigate the fine structure of the fat body organ in Chilopoda , finding that unlike insects, this structure is not regionally distinct and the fat body is distributed ...
Scutigeromorpha is an order of centipedes also known as house centipedes. [1] These centipedes are found in the temperate and tropical parts of every continent except Antarctica, with their distribution significantly expanded by the introduction of the Mediterranean species Scutigera coleoptrata throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. [2][3 ...
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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 ...