Himantariidae

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Himantariidae
Stigmatogaster subterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Chilopoda
Subclass:
Pleurostigmomorpha
Order:
Geophilomorpha
Suborder:
Adesmata
Superfamily:
Himantarioidea
Family:
Himantariidae

Himantariidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea,[1] found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere.[2] Centipedes in this family feature a short head with a concave labral margin bearing a row of denticles, a single dentate lamella and some pectinate lamellae on each mandible, second maxillae with strongly tapering telopodites and slightly spatulate claws, and a stout forcipular segment with short forcipules and a wide tergite; the ultimate legs usually have no pretarsus, and the female gonopods are distinct and biarticulate.[3]

These centipedes are very elongated with a high mean number of trunk segments (often greater than 100) and great variability in this number within species.[4] The number of leg-bearing segments in this family ranges from 47 to 181.[3] The maximum number of legs recorded in this family (181 pairs) appears in the species Chomatobius bakeri.[5][6] The minimum number of legs recorded in this family (47 pairs) appears in the species Garriscaphus oreines,[7][8]

This family contains these genera:

References

  1. S2CID 86204188
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  2. hdl:10088/5109
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    OCLC 812207443
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  4. ISSN 0024-4066
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  5. ^ Chamberlin, R.V. (1912). "The Chilopoda of California. III". Pomona College Journal of Entomology. 4: 651–672 [672] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ^ 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). "Chomatobius bakeri (Chamberlin,1912)". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ISSN 1938-2901
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  8. ^ 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). "Garriscaphus oreines Chamberlin, 1941". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese. Retrieved 24 February 2023.


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