Ityphilus Explained
Ityphilus is a genus of centipedes in the clade Ballophilidae. It was described by American myriapodologist Orator Fuller Cook in 1899.[1] Centipedes in this genus feature distinctly club-like antennae, well marked sclerotized lines on the forcipular coxosternite, and two pores on each coxopleuron. These centipedes range from about 1 cm to about 9 cm in length and have 41 to 113 pairs of legs.[2] [3] The dwarf species Ityphilus donatellae ranges from 8.5 to 11 mm in length and can have as few as 41 leg pairs (41 in males, 43 in females), the minimum number found in this genus. The large species I. grandis can reach 93 mm in length and have as many as 113 leg pairs, the maximum number found in the clade Ballophilidae.[4]
Species
There are about 28 valid species:[1]
- Ityphilus betschi Pereira, 2010
- Ityphilus bonatoi Pereira, 2013
- Ityphilus boteltobogensis (Wang, 1955)
- Ityphilus calinus Chamberlin, 1957
- Ityphilus cavernicolus (Matic, Negrea & Fundora Martínez, 1977)
- Ityphilus ceibanus Chamberlin, 1922
- Ityphilus cifuentesi Cupul-Magaña, 2014
- Ityphilus crabilli Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1994
- Ityphilus demoraisi Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1995
- Ityphilus donatellae Pereira, 2012
- Ityphilus geoffroyi Pereira, 2013
- Ityphilus grandis (Turk, 1955)
- Ityphilus grismadoi Pereira, 2017
- Ityphilus guianensis Chamberlin, 1921
- Ityphilus idanus Crabill, 1960
- Ityphilus krausi Pereira & Minelli, 1996
- Ityphilus lilacinus Cook, 1899
- Ityphilus mauriesi Demange & Pereira, 1985
- Ityphilus melanostigma (Attems, 1900)
- Ityphilus microcephalus (Brölemann, 1909)
- Ityphilus nemoides Chamberlin, 1943
- Ityphilus palidus (Matic, Negrea & Fundora Martínez, 1977)
- Ityphilus perrieri (Brölemann, 1909)
- Ityphilus polypus (Matic, Negrea & Fundora Martínez, 1977)
- Ityphilus saucius Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2000
- Ityphilus savannus Chamberlin, 1943
- Ityphilus sensibilis Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2000
- Ityphilus tenuicollis (Takakuwa, 1934)
Notes and References
- Web site: 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. 3 April 2023.
- Book: Bonato . Lucio . The Myriapoda. Volume 1 . Edgecombe . Gregory D. . Zapparoli . Marzio . Brill . 2011 . 978-90-04-18826-6 . Minelli . Alessandro . Leiden . 363–443 . Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview . 812207443.
- Pereira . Luis Alberto . 2012 . A new dwarf species, new distribution records, and supplementary descriptive notes of the centipede genus Ityphilus Cook, 1899 (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Ballophilidae) from central Amazonia, Brazil . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . en . 52 . 291–309 [296] . 10.1590/S0031-10492012002500001 . 0031-1049.
- Turk . F. A. . 1955 . The chilopods of Peru with descriptions of new species and some zoogeographical notes on the Peruvian chilopod fauna. . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . en . 125 . 3-4 . 469–504 [484] . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb00612.x . 0370-2774.
