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A common terminology for the external anatomy of centipedes (Chilopoda)
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A common terminology for the external morphological characters of centipedes (Chilopoda) is proposed, selecting those most frequently used or those that have been introduced explicitly from the alternatives used in the English literature.
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The evolution of segmentation of centipede trunk and appendages
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Coevolutionary trends involving the segmentation of the trunk, the segmentations of the appendages (especially the antennae), the postembryonic developmental schedule and the presence or absence of regeneration ability supports a recent view of theappendages as evolutionarily divergent duplicates of the main body axis.
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Phylogeny and systematics of the Arrupinae (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae) with the description of a new dwarfed species
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A cladistic analysis of the subfamily Arrupinae is performed, based on morphological data (23 characters) from all the 16 species recognized, and the peculiar morphology of Nannarrup hoffmani is analysed as a possible instance of miniaturization.
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Further contribution to the knowledge of Ityphilus calinus Chamberlin, 1957, a poorly known ballophilid centipede from Colombia, with description of Ityphilus bonatoi, a new diminutive geophilomorph…
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The redescribed Ityphilus calinus Chamberlin, 1957, a poorly known centipede from Cauca Valley, Colombia, isRedescribed and illustrated after the male holotype, revealing the condition of the forcipular tarsungulum (which is completely smooth), also giving new data on many other morphological features of specific value until now unknown.
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A catalogue of the geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda) from Central and South America including Mexico
Geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda) from termite mounds in the northern Pantanal wetland of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Of two species of geophilomorph centipedes collected above high waters in termite mounds in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, one (Schendylops inquilinus) is described here as new; the other (Aphilodon…
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Discovery of a second geophilomorph species (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) having twenty-seven leg-bearing segments, the lowest number recorded up to the present in the centipede order Geophilomorpha
Schendylops ramirezi sp. nov. (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), un diminuto ciempies perteneciente a la familia Schendylidae (de Brasil, Estado de Rio de Janeiro), se describe e ilustra sobre la base del…
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Systematics and biogeography of Marsikomerus Attems, 1938, a misunderstood genus of centipedes (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae)
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The type species M. pacificus is redescribed and illustrated in detail from the holotype; similar but less extensive treatment is provided for M. lanaius and M.texanus.
Description of nine new centipede species from Amazonia and related matters on Neotropical geophilomorphs (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)
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Nine new species of geophilomorph centipedes, all from Amazonian sites, are described and the d holotype of Ityphilus craåil/i PEREIRA, MINELLI & BARBIERI, 1994 is designated and described.
New taxa of Neotropical Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda)
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A new family (Macronicophilidae) is established and the hitherto unknown malrc of Schendylops marchantdrlae is described and two species are redescribed from the type and new material.
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