Mesoschendyla

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Mesoschendyla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Schendylidae
Genus: Mesoschendyla
Attems, 1909
Type species
Schendyla monopora
Attems, 1909

Mesoschendyla is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Schendylidae. [1] [2] These centipedes are found in Africa, Madagascar, Java, and Borneo. [3] [4] The Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems originally proposed Mesoschendyla in 1909 as a subgenus within the genus Schendyla . [5] The genus Mesochendyla is relatively small, containing only eight species. [2] These centipedes resemble their close relatives in the genera Schendylops and Orygmadyla . [6]

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Description

Centipedes in this genus feature fields of pores on the anterior sternites only. The main sternite of the last leg-bearing segment features is wide. The basal element of each of the ultimate legs features a single pore. [3]

Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 4 cm in length. [3] These centipedes can have as few as 31 pairs of legs (in the Asian species M. javanica ) or as many as 63 leg pairs (in the African species M. monopora and M. picturata ). [3] [7] [8] Both M. javanica and the African species M. franzi measure only 10 mm in length and are notable for their small size. [7] [9] [3] Both M. monopora and M. picturata can reach 40 mm in length and are notable for their large size. [7] [8] [3]

Species

This genus includes the following species: [1]

References

  1. 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). "Mesoschendyla Attems, 1909". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. 1 2 "ITIS - Report: Mesoschendyla". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443 [441]. ISBN   978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC   812207443.
  4. ↑ Popovici, George; Akkari, Nesrine; Edgecombe, Gregory (2025-05-23). "Redescription of Mesoschendyla javanica (Attems, 1907) and its first records from Borneo (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Schendylidae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 13: e156917. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e156917 . ISSN   1314-2828. PMC   12125604 . PMID   40453373.
  5. ↑ Attems, Carl August Theodor Michael von (1909). "Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika, ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905. VIII. Myriopoden". Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena (in German). 14: 1–52 [19].
  6. ↑ Hoffman, Richard L.; Pereira, Luis Alberto (1997). "The identity and taxonomic status of the generic names Schendylops Cook, 1899, and Schendylurus Silvestri, 1907, and the proposal of Orygmadyla, a new related genus from Perú (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae)". Myriapodologica. 5 (2): 18, 22. ISSN   0163-5395.
  7. 1 2 3 Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 91–92. doi:10.1515/9783111430638.
  8. 1 2 Lawrence, R. F. (1966). "The Myriapoda of the Kruger National Park". Zoologica Africana. 2 (2): 225–262 [234–236]. doi:10.1080/00445096.1966.11447346. ISSN   0044-5096.
  9. ↑ Dobroruka, Luděk J. (1959). "Mesoschendyla franzi nov. spec., eine neue Chilopoden-Art aus dem Tschadgebiet". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 63: 414–415. ISSN   0083-6133. JSTOR   41768970.
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