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Schendyla

Genus of centipedes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Schendyla is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Schendylidae.[2] These centipedes are found in the west Palearctic region.[3] This genus was described by Danish entomologists Vilhelm Bergsøe and Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert in 1866.[1][2] This genus now includes more than 20 species.[4]

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Centipedes in this genus feature only a few spines on the claws of the second maxillae, two pores on each coxopleuron, and ultimate legs without claws or with only rudimentary claws.[3][5] These centipedes range from about 1 cm to about 4 cm in length and have from 29 to 57 pairs of legs.[3][5] The species Schendyla antici is notable for its small size (5 mm to 8 mm in length) and for having as few as 29 leg pairs (29 pairs in males and 31 in females), the minimum recorded in this genus.[5] Other small species with notably few legs in this genus include S. verneri (reaching only 10 mm in length, with 31 pairs),[6] S. walachica (15 mm in length, with as few as 33 pairs in each sex),[5] S. dalmatica (10 mm in length, with 37 pairs in males and 39 in females), S. dentata (12 mm in length, with 39 pairs in females),[7] S. gracillima (10 mm in length, with as few as 35 leg pairs).[8] and S. armata (11 mm in length, with as few as 33 leg pairs).[9][10] The species S. monoeci measures only 17.5 mm in length but can have from 51 to as many as 57 leg pairs, the maximum number found in this genus.[7] Descriptions of the species S. vizzavonae report no more than 51 leg pairs, but this species is notable for its relatively large size, reaching 45 mm in length.[7]

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Species

This genus includes the following species:[2][5]

  • Schendyla antici Stojanović, Šević & Makarov, 2024
  • Schendyla apenninorum (Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911)
  • Schendyla armata Brölemann, 1901
  • Schendyla aternana (Verhoeff, 1934)
  • Schendyla capusei (Dărăbanţu & Matic, 1969)
  • Schendyla carniolensis Verhoeff, 1902
  • Schendyla dalmatica Attems, 1904
  • Schendyla delicatula Kaczmarek, 1969
  • Schendyla dentata (Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911)
  • Schendyla gracillima Verhoeff, 1934
  • Schendyla hispanica (Attems, 1952)
  • Schendyla mediterranea Silvestri, 1898
  • Schendyla monodi (Brölemann, 1924)
  • Schendyla monoeci Brölemann, 1904
  • Schendyla negreai (Dărăbanţu & Matic, 1969)
  • Schendyla nemorensis (C.L.Koch, 1837)
  • Schendyla peyerimhoffi Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911
  • Schendyla tyrolensis (Meinert, 1870)
  • Schendyla varnensis (Kaczmarek, 1969)
  • Schendyla verneri (Folkmanová & Dobroruka, 1960)
  • Schendyla vizzavonae Léger & Duboscq, 1903
  • Schendyla walachica Verhoeff, 1900
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