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Invertebrates of the Macocha Abyss (Moravian Karst, Czech Republic)

open access: yesActa Carsologica, 2016
The invertebrates of the Macocha Abyss, Moravian Karst, Czech Republic, were collected in 2007–2008 and 222 species were identified in total. The relative abundance of individual taxa of land snails, harvestmen, pseudoscorpions, spiders, millipedes ...
Vlastimil Růžička   +5 more
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Influence of seasonal and edaphic factors on the diversity of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) and general observations on their ecology from Kerala, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) are a diverse group of invertebrate communities, which play significant, but often poorly acknowledged or understood roles in the delivery of soil ecosystem services.
Dhanya Balan, P. M. Sureshan
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Centipede Venoms and Their Components: Resources for Potential Therapeutic Applications

open access: yesToxins, 2015
Venomous animals have evolved with sophisticated bio-chemical strategies to arrest prey and defend themselves from natural predators. In recent years, peptide toxins from venomous animals have drawn considerable attention from researchers due to their ...
Md Abdul Hakim, Shilong Yang, Ren Lai
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Predation of bat (Molossus molossus: Molossidae) by the centipede Scolopendra viridicornis (Scolopendridae) in Southern Amazonia [PDF]

open access: yesActa Amazonica, 2015
Centipedes are opportunistic carnivore predators, and large species can feed on a wide variety of vertebrates, including bats. The aim of this study was to report the third record of bat predation by centipedes worldwide, the first record in the Amazon ...
Janaina da Costa de NORONHA   +5 more
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A Checklist of Illinois Centipedes (Chilopoda): Supplement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) Order SCOLOPENDROMORPHA Family CRYFTOPIDAE Subfamily CRYFTOPINAE Cryptops hyalinus Say 1821. (Fig. 2). B (Cook; Auerbach [1951]), C (Champaign) F (Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson), G (Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson), H
Beatty, J. A   +2 more
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Stability Test and Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of the Amino Acids in Pharmacopuncture Extracted from Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacopuncture, 2015
Objectives: Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans (S. subspinipes mutilans) is known as a traditional medicine and includes various amino acids, peptides and proteins. The amino acids in the pharmacopuncture extracted from S.
GyeYoon Cho, KyuChul Han, JinYoung Yoon
doaj   +1 more source

Millipedes and centipedes in German greenhouses (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda)

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2014
A review is given of all the literature records of millipedes and centipedes that have been found in German greenhouses together with additional records for 29 such sites. Species lists are given for 46 greenhouses investigated throughout Germany. Thirty-
Peter Decker   +2 more
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The antennal scape organ of Scutigera coleoptrata (Myriapoda) and a new type of arthropod tip-pore sensilla integrating scolopidial components

open access: yesFrontiers in Zoology, 2021
Background Centipedes are terrestrial, predatory arthropods with specialized sensory organs. However, many aspects of their sensory biology are still unknown.
Andy Sombke   +3 more
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Effects of Red-Backed Salamanders on Ecosystem Functions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Ecosystems provide a vast array of services for human societies, but understanding how various organisms contribute to the functions that maintain these services remains an important ecological challenge.
Babbitt, Kimberly J., Hocking, Daniel J.
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Two centipedes new to the fauna of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) and notes on the Lithobiomorpha of the island (Chilopoda, Myriapoda)

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2018
Recent collecting on the island of La Palma has yielded two new records, Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipesoides and Lithobius (Lithobius) melanops, the former also being new to the Canary Islands and is recorded for the first time after its recent ...
Nesrine Akkari, Anne-Sarah Ganske
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