Marsikomerus

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Marsikomerus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Schendylidae
Genus: Marsikomerus
Attems, 1938 [1]
Type species
Marsikomerus pacificus
Attems,1938
Synonyms
  • LanonyxChamberlin, 1953
  • SimoporusChamberlin & Mulaik, 1940

Marsikomerus is a genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae. This genus was described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1938. [1] [2] Species in this genus are found in Mexico and in the United States (in Arkansas, Texas, and Hawaii). [3]

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Description

Centipedes in this genus feature sternal pore-fields that are subcircular or transversally elliptical and found only on the anterior part of the trunk. The ultimate leg-bearing segment has a single pore on each coxopleuron, a wide metasternite, and legs without claws. These centipedes range from 1 cm to about 5 cm in length and have 39 to 61 pairs of legs. [4] Males of the smallest species in this genus, Marsikomerus arcanus, measure only 10 mm in length and have only 39 leg pairs, the minimum recorded for this genus. [3] The largest species in this genus, M. bryanus , can reach 47 mm in length and can have as few as 39 leg pairs or as many as 57 pairs. [5] The original description of the species M. texanus reports as few as 55 leg pairs or as many as 61 pairs, the maximum recorded for this genus. [3]

Species

There are four valid species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Attems, C (1938). "Myriopoden von Hawaii". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 108B: 365–387 [371].
  2. 1 2 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 15 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Hoffman, Richard L.; Pereira, Luis A. (1991-03-01). "Systematics and biogeography of Marsikomerus Attems, 1938, a misunderstood genus of centipedes (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae)". Insecta Mundi. 5 (1): 45–60 – via DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
  4. ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN   978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC   812207443.
  5. ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Foddai, Donatella; Minelli, Alessandro (2004). "The Centipede Order Geophilomorpha in the Hawaiian Islands (Chilopoda)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 78: 13–32 [18].
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