The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 05 (of 10)Sedgwick, Adam
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 05 (of 10)
Sedgwick, Adam
Animals
Ten body rings, not counting the neck-plate. Thirteen pairs of limbs.
Eyes hard to find, on the lateral corner of the head (Fig. 18, p. 37).
Family 2. _Glomeridae._
11 body rings. 17 pairs of legs. Eyes arranged in a row curved outwards.
[Illustration: FIG. 19.—_Glomeris marginata._ (From C. L. Koch, _Die
Myriapoden_.)]
Family 3. _Sphaerotheriidae._
12 body rings. 19 pairs of legs. Eyes crowded together in a cluster.
[Illustration: FIG. 20.—_Sphaerotherium grossum._ (From C. L. Koch, _Die
Myriapoden_.)]
Family 4. _Julidae._
Body cylindrical. More than 30 body rings. Many eyes crowded together in
a cluster.
[Illustration: FIG. 21.—_Julus nemorensis._ (From C. L. Koch, _Die
Myriapoden_.)]
{44}Family 5. _Blanjulidae._
Thin cylindrical body with more than 30 body rings. Eyes either absent
or in a simple row beneath the edge of the forehead.
[Illustration: FIG. 22.—_Blanjulus guttulatus._ (From C. L. Koch, _Die
Myriapoden_.)]
Family 6. _Chordeumidae._
Resemble the _Polydesmidae_ (Fam. 7), but the head is longer and less
rounded in the forehead. The antennae are placed more at the side of the
head. Eyes small and numerous, in a cluster. Body rings always 30 (Fig.
16).
Family 7. _Polydesmidae._
Body cylindrical, with a lobe or keel on the posterior part of the upper
surface of the body ring. Always 19 body rings. No eyes.
[Illustration: FIG. 23.—_Polydesmus collaris._ (From C. L. Koch, _Die
Myriapoden_.)]
Family 8. _Polyzoniidae_.
Body with varying number of rings arched transversely downwards and sharp
at the sides. The anterior part of the ring somewhat hidden. The eyes in
a simple row. The stigmata very small and placed near the lateral corner
of the body ring. Head small in proportion to the body.
[Illustration: FIG. 24.—_Polyzonium germanicum._ (From C. L. Koch, _Die
Myriapoden_.)]
Order II. CHILOPODA (or SYNGNATHA).
Antennae with many joints, at least 14. Only one pair of legs to each body
ring. The genital opening on the last ring of the body. Bases of the legs
widely separate.
There are four families in this Order:—
{45}Family 1. _Lithobiidae._
Body with 9 principal and 6 subsidiary rings. On both principal and
subsidiary rings one pair of legs, except on the last ring of the body.
Many eyes; the posterior ones large and kidney-shaped. The antennae with
many rings.
[Illustration: FIG. 25.—_Lithobius erythrocephalus._ (From C. L. Koch,
_Die Myriapoden_.)]
Family 2. _Scolopendridae._
Body with 21 or 23 rings, no intermediate rings. Every ring with one pair
of legs. The last pair very long. Last pair at the point of the last
ring. Four or no eyes. Antennae with 17 or 20 joints. (Fig. 15, p. 31).
Family 3. _Notophilidae._
[Illustration: FIG. 26.—_Notophilus taeniatus._ (From C. L. Koch, _Die
Myriapoden_.)]
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