Schendylops
Schendylops is the largest genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae, containing more than 60 species. Most species in this genus are found in the Neotropical region, but a dozen species are found in Africa and Madagascar. These species live in diverse habitats, ranging from sea level to high elevations, e.g., at in the Andes mountains. This genus was first proposed by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1899 for the type species originally named Schendyla grandidieri in 1897''.''
Description
Centipedes in this genus feature two rows of filaments on the claws of the second maxillae, fields of pores on the sternites of leg-bearing segments, two pores on each coxopleuron, and ultimate legs with seven segments but no claw. The pleurites of the second maxillae are not fused to the coxosternite. Species in this genus range from in length and have from 27 to 87 pairs of legs.This genus includes the two species that feature the fewest legs in the order Geophilomorpha. Both of these species are found in Brazil: males in the species Schendylops ramirezi have only 27 pairs of legs, while females have 29, and males in the species S. oligopus have 27 or 29, while females have 31. Furthermore, S. ramirezi is one of only two species in this order in which females have only 29 leg pairs. Both S. ramirezi and S. oligopus are also notable for their small sizes, reaching only 7 mm and 10 mm in length, respectively.
Females of the African species S. caledonicus have from 81 to as many as 87 pairs, the maximum recorded in this genus. This species is also notable for its large size, reaching in length. Other species in this genus noted for their large size include the Brazilian species S. demelloi and S. gounellei, which can each reach 70 mm in length.
Species
This genus contains more than 60 species, including the following:- Schendylops achalensis Pereira, 2008
- Schendylops amazonicus
- Schendylops anamariae
- Schendylops andesicola
- Schendylops attemsi Verhoeff, 1900
- Schendylops australis Silvestri, 1907
- Schendylops bakeri
- Schendylops bolivianus
- Schendylops borellii
- Schendylops brasilianus
- Schendylops caledonicus
- Schendylops colombianus
- Schendylops continuus
- Schendylops coscaroni
- Schendylops demangei
- Schendylops demartini
- Schendylops demelloi
- Schendylops dentifer Chamberlin, 1957
- Schendylops edentatus Kraus, 1957
- Schendylops elegantulus
- Schendylops fieldi
- Schendylops gounellei
- Schendylops gracilis Attems, 1934
- Schendylops grandidieri
- Schendylops grismadoi Pereira, 2015
- Schendylops iguapensis
- Schendylops inquilinus Pereira, Uliana and Minelli, 2007
- Schendylops insolitus
- Schendylops interfluvius
- Schendylops janauarius
- Schendylops jeekeli Pereira, 2009
- Schendylops labbanus
- Schendylops lesnei
- Schendylops lomanus Chamberlin, 1957
- Schendylops longitarsis
- Schendylops luederwaldi
- Schendylops madariagensis
- Schendylops marchantariae
- Schendylops maroccanus
- Schendylops mascarenicus
- Schendylops mesopotamicus
- Schendylops minutus
- Schendylops nealotus
- Schendylops oligopus
- Schendylops olivaceus
- Schendylops pallidus
- Schendylops pampeanus
- Schendylops paolettii
- Schendylops paraguayensis
- Schendylops parahybae
- Schendylops paucidens Attems, 1939
- Schendylops paucispinus
- Schendylops paulista
- Schendylops perditus
- Schendylops peruanus
- Schendylops placii
- Schendylops polypus Attems, 1928
- Schendylops potosius
- Schendylops pumicosus
- Schendylops ramirezi Pereira, 2013
- Schendylops schubarti Pereira, Foddai and Minelli, 2002
- Schendylops silvicola
- Schendylops sublaevis
- Schendylops titicacaensis
- Schendylops tropicus
- Schendylops turmalina Calvanese and Brescovit, 2019
- Schendylops varipictus
- Schendylops verhoeffi
- ''Schendylops virgingordae''