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, 2008Schendylops amazonicus Schendylops anamariae Schendylops andesicola Schendylops attemsi Verhoeff, 1900Schendylops australis Silvestri, 1907Schendylops bakeri Schendylops bolivianus Schendylops borellii Schendylops brasilianus Schendylops caledonicus Schendylops colombianus Schendylops continuus Schendylops coscaroni Schendylops demangei Schendylops demartini Schendylops demelloi Schendylops dentifer Chamberlin, 1957Schendylops edentatus Kraus, 1957Schendylops elegantulus Schendylops fieldi Schendylops gounellei Schendylops gracilis Attems, 1934Schendylops grandidieri Schendylops grismadoi Pereira, 2015Schendylops iguapensis Schendylops inquilinus Pereira, Uliana and Minelli, 2007Schendylops insolitus Schendylops interfluvius Schendylops janauarius Schendylops jeekeli Pereira, 2009Schendylops labbanus Schendylops lesnei Schendylops lomanus Chamberlin, 1957Schendylops 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, 1939Schendylops paucispinus Schendylops paulista Schendylops perditus Schendylops peruanus Schendylops placii Schendylops polypus Attems, 1928Schendylops potosius Schendylops pumicosus Schendylops ramirezi Pereira, 2013Schendylops schubarti Pereira, Foddai and Minelli, 2002Schendylops silvicola Schendylops sublaevis Schendylops titicacaensis Schendylops tropicus Schendylops turmalina Calvanese and Brescovit, 2019Schendylops varipictus Schendylops verhoeffi