Schendyla nemorensis
Schendyla nemorensis is a species of centipede in the Schendylidae family. It was first described in 1836 by German entomologist Carl Ludwig Koch.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Schendylidae |
| Genus: | Schendyla |
| Species: | S. nemorensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Schendyla nemorensis | |
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Subspecies
- Schendyla nemorensis fountaini Turk, 1944
- Schendyla nemorensis quarnerana Verhoeff, 1937
Description
Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, usually 39; females have 39 to 43 leg pairs, usually 39 or 41.[3]
Distribution
The species has a principally Palearctic distribution, but has been introduced to Tasmania from Europe.[4] The type locality is the vicinity of Regensburg in Bavaria, southern Germany.[2]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[4]
References
- Koch, CL (1837). Deutschlands Crustaceen Myriapoden und Arachniden. Regensburg: Putet. p. 142.
- 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). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Iorio, Etienne (2004). "Contribution à la connaissance des Chilopodes des régions Centre, Île-de-France et Poitou-Charentes (Myriapoda)". Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux (in French). 32 (4): 235-255 [250] – via ResearchGate.
- "Species Schendyla nemorensis (C.L. Koch, 1836)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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