| Marsikomerus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Schendylidae |
| Genus: | Marsikomerus Attems, 1938[1] |
| Type species | |
| Marsikomerus pacificus Attems,1938 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Marsikomerus is a genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae. It was described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1938.[1][2] Species in this genus are found in Mexico and in the United States (in Arkansas, Texas, and Hawaii).[3]
Description
Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to about 5 cm in length and have 39 to 61 pairs of legs.[4] Males of the smallest species in this genus, Marsikomerus arcanus, measure only 10 mm in length and have only 39 leg pairs, the minimum recorded for this genus.[3] The largest species in this genus, M. bryanus, can reach 47 mm in length and can have as few as 39 leg pairs or as many as 57 pairs.[5] The original description of the species M. texanus reports as few as 55 leg pairs or as many as 61 pairs, the maximum recorded for this genus.[3]
Species
There are four valid species:[2]
- Marsikomerus arcanus (Crabill, 1961)
- Marsikomerus bryanus (Chamberlin, 1926)
- Marsikomerus koestneri (Chamberlin, 1940)
- Marsikomerus texanus (Chamberlin, 1940)
References
- 1 2 Attems, C (1938). "Myriopoden von Hawaii". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 108B: 365–387 [371].
- 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). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 3 Hoffman, Richard L.; Pereira, Luis A. (1991-03-01). "Systematics and biogeography of Marsikomerus Attems, 1938, a misunderstood genus of centipedes (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae)". Insecta Mundi. 5 (1): 45–60 – via DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
- ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Foddai, Donatella; Minelli, Alessandro (2004). "The Centipede Order Geophilomorpha in the Hawaiian Islands (Chilopoda)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 78: 13–32 [18].