Mesoschendyla is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Schendylidae.[1][2] These centipedes are found in Africa, Madagascar, and Java.[3] The Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems originally proposed Mesoschendyla in 1909 as a subgenus within the genus Schendyla.[4] The genus Mesochendyla is relatively small, containing only eight species.[2] These centipedes resemble their close relatives in the genera Schendylops and Orygmadyla.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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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
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Description
editCentipedes in this genus feature fields of pores on the anterior sternites only. The basal element of each of the ultimate legs features a single pore. The ultimate legs do not end in claws.[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 Javanese species M. javanica) or as many as 63 leg pairs (in the African species M. monopora and M. picturata).[3][6][7] Both M. javanica and the African species M. franzi measure only 10 mm in length and are notable for their small size.[6][8][3] Both M. monopora and M. picturata can reach 40 mm in length and are notable for their large size.[6][7][3]
Species
editThis genus includes the following species:[1]
- Mesoschendyla cribrifera Verhoeff, 1937
- Mesoschendyla franzi Dobroruka, 1959
- Mesoschendyla javanica (Attems, 1907)
- Mesoschendyla leachi Crabill, 1968
- Mesoschendyla monopora (Attems, 1909)
- Mesoschendyla picturata Lawrence, 1966
- Mesoschendyla rossi Crabill, 1968
- Mesoschendyla weberi Verhoeff, 1940
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "ITIS - Report: Mesoschendyla". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ 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].
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 91–92. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.