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| Family: | Linotaeniidae Cook, 1899 |
Linotaeniidae are a monophyletic clade of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae [1] [2] found mostly in the temperate regions of the Holarctic as well as the south Andes. Species in the clade Linotaeniidae are characterized by a body that usually tapers toward the anterior tip; mandibles with a single pectinate lamella; second maxillae with coxo-sternite usually undivided and claws without projections; forcipular segment short, with tergite remarkably wide, forcipules evidently tapering; coxal organs opening through distinct pores on the ventral surface of the coxo-pleura. [3] The number of legs in this clade varies within as well as among species and ranges from as few as 31 pairs of legs (in Strigamia hoffmani ) to as many as 83 leg pairs (in S. epileptica , Agathothus gracilis, and Diplochora imperialis). [3] [4] [5] Compared to most families in the suborder Adesmata, this clade features a modest number of leg-bearing segments and limited variation in this number within each species. [6]
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