Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Chilopoda
Ordo: Lithobiomorpha
Familiae: Henicopidae - Lithobiidae
Name
Lithobiomorpha Pocock, 1895
Vernacular names
беларуская: Касцянкі
Deutsch: Steinläufer
References
Edgecombe, G.D. 2004: Monophyly of Lithobiomorpha (Chilopoda): new characters from the pretarsal claws. Insect systematics and evolution, 35: 29–41.
Lithobius forficatus
(Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae)
The Lithobiomorpha, also known as stone centipedes,[7] represent the other main group of anamorphic centipedes;[2] they also reach a mature segment count of 15 trunk segments. This group has lost the compound eyes, and sometimes has no eyes altogether. Instead, its eyes have a single ocellus or a group of ocelli. Its spiracles are paired and can be found laterally. Every leg-bearing segment of this organism has a separate tergite, these alternating in length apart from a pair of long tergites on each of segments 7 and 8. It also has relatively short antennae and legs compared to the Scutigeromorpha. Two families are included, the Henicopidae and Lithobiidae.
Although they have previously been regarded as wholly carnivorous, feeding primarily on insects but also occasionally slugs and worms, they have been proven to feed on leaf litter, as well as associated small animals.[8][9]
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