| Himantarium | |
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| Himantarium gabrielis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Himantariidae |
| Genus: | Himantarium (C.L. Koch, 1847) |
Himantarium is a genus of centipedes in the family Himantariidae. Centipedes in this genus range from 10 cm to 20 cm in length, have from 87 to 179 pairs of legs, and are found in the Mediterranean region.[1] Both the minimum (87 pairs) and the maximum (179 pairs) number of legs in this genus appear in the species Himantarium gabrielis, which exhibits a striking degree of intraspecific variation in leg number.[2]
Species
- Himantarium europaeum (Chalande & Ribaut, 1909)
- Himantarium gabrielis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Himantarium mediterraneum (Meinert, 1870)
- Himantarium samuelraji Sundara Rajulu, 1971
- Himantarium tenue Latzel, 1886[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail (2009-12-01). "Relationship between intraspecific variation in segment number and geographic distribution of Himantarium gabrielis (Linné, 1767) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Southern Europe" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81 (3): 359–371 [360]. ISSN 2509-9523.
- ↑ 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). "Himantarium C.L. Koch, 1847". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- Minelli A., Bonato L. (2006) "European geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha): a complete synonymical list with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes"
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