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]

Schendyla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Schendylidae
Genus: Schendyla
Bergsøe & Meinert, 1866[1]
Type species
Geophilus nemorensis
C.L. Koch, 1837
Synonyms
  • Brachyschendyla Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911
  • Brachyschendyla (Astenoschendyla) Brolemann, 1930
  • Schendyla (Echinoschendyla) Brölemann & Ribaut, 1912
  • Brachyschendyla (Microschendyla) Brölemann & Ribaut, 1912
  • Brachyschendyla (Schizoschendyla) Brölemann & Ribaut, 1912

Description

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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]

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Bergsoe, V; Meinert, F (1866). "Danmarks Geophiler". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 3 (4): 81–103 [103].
  2. ^ a b c 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). "Schendyla Bergsøe & Meinert, 1866". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ a b c Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443 [439]. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
  4. ^ "ITIS - Report: Schendyla". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  5. ^ a b c d e Stojanović, Dalibor Z.; Šević, Mirko; Makarov, Slobodan E. (2024-03-07). "A new dwarf schendylid centipede (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) with a low number of legs from Serbia, Balkan Peninsula". Zootaxa. 5419 (3): 401–418. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
  6. ^ Folkmanova, B.; Dobroruka, L.J. (1960). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Chilopoda der UdSSR". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 39: 1811–1818 [1813].
  7. ^ a b c Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 60–65. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
  8. ^ Verhoeff, Karl W. (1934). "Beiträge zur Systematik und Geographie der Chilopoden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 66: 1-112 [4].
  9. ^ Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "New records and remarks on the centipede fauna of endogean habitats of Sardinia (Chilopoda)". In Nardi, G. (ed.). Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP Forests network. Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati (PDF). Vol. 5. pp. 223–242 [232].{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  10. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro; Drago, Leandro; Pereira, Luis Alberto (2015-09-25). "The phylogenetic position of Dinogeophilus and a new evolutionary framework for the smallest epimorphic centipedes (Chilopoda: Epimorpha)". Contributions to Zoology. 84 (3): 237–253 [249]. doi:10.1163/18759866-08403004. hdl:11577/3146565. ISSN 1875-9866.