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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha)

Order Lithobiomorpha - Stone Centipedes

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Centipede Stone Centipede? Centipede, Northern Alberta, Canada Stone Centipede 290622 Centipede - Lithobius forficatus Stone centipede centipede from under rock Centipede being eaten by an earwig
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Lithobiomorpha (Stone Centipedes)
Numbers
two families, with 95 genera and ca. 1,500 described spp. (>2,000 estimated) worldwide(1)
Identification
Adults have 15 pairs of legs and 18 body segments (juveniles have fewer; hatchlings usually have 7); tergites 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 14 are much longer than those of the other segments; ocelli typically present (lost in cavernicolous species). The Lithobiidae have spines/spurs + setae on the legs; the Henicopidae, only setae(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world’s leggiest animals
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 March, 2005 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, v belov
Last updated 3 November, 2011 - 5:21pm

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