Lithobiomorpha

==Order==

==Order==

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They 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.{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=J. G. E. |title=The Food and Reproductive Cycles of the Centipedes Lithobius Variegatus and Lithobius Forficatus in a Yorkshire Woodland |date=1965 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05178.x |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |language=en |volume=144 |issue=2 |pages=269–284 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05178.x |issn=0370-2774|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite book |last=Cloudsley-Thompson |first=J. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gTLBAAAQBAJ&dq=geophilomorpha+lose+water+more+slowly+than+lithobiomorpha&pg=PP1 |title=Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Mites: The Commonwealth and International Library: Biology Division |date=2015-05-11 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-1-4831-3967-8 |language=en}}

They 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 [[Spiracle (arthropods)|spiracle]]s 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.{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=J. G. E. |title=The Food and Reproductive Cycles of the Centipedes Lithobius Variegatus and Lithobius Forficatus in a Yorkshire Woodland |date=1965 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05178.x |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |language=en |volume=144 |issue=2 |pages=269–284 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05178.x |issn=0370-2774|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite book |last=Cloudsley-Thompson |first=J. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gTLBAAAQBAJ&dq=geophilomorpha+lose+water+more+slowly+than+lithobiomorpha&pg=PP1 |title=Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Mites: The Commonwealth and International Library: Biology Division |date=2015-05-11 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-1-4831-3967-8 |language=en}}

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