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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.
The species is between 18 and 30 mm long and up to 4 mm broad and is a chestnut brown coloration. It is similar to a variety of other European lithobiid centipedes, particularly the striped centipede, Lithobius variegatus, but L. forficatus does not have stripes on its legs.
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.
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 ...
Centipedes in the genus Mecistocephalus usually have 45 to 51 pairs of legs, but some have more, up to as many as 101 leg pairs. [2] Most species in this genus have 49 pairs of legs (e.g., M. punctifrons and M. pallidus ), [ 3 ] but other species have 51 pairs (e.g., M. evansi and M. lifuensis ), 47 pairs (e.g., M. angusticeps and M ...
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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 ]