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Show 40 or more with 21 or more pairs of legs, sometimes many more; newly hatched animals with the full number of legs present in the adult. anastomosing; twenty-five segments . .. ' .. " . '. . . '. . '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. . - . It .. • • • Superorder Epimorpha Antennae with 17 or 20 or more joints; four ocelli on each side or absent; 21 or 23 leg-bearing segments; 9, 10, 11 or 19 pairs of spiracles. 2 Order Scolopendrida. . 3a. . 3b. . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . ,. . . . • . . . . ,2 . . • . . . • . . . . . The . . . . . • . . . 1 Order from the Chilopoda . . . . . . . . . . . leg-bearing segments; the first and last with . .. ' • ••• . . . . • 3 .. . Antennae 14 [ointed; ocelli absent; 31 to 191 leg-bearing segments except • • pair a of all spiracles · Geophilida. Zoogeographical Point of View species out of 44 known Philippine species, or about percent, fall into this subdivision according to present evidence. (2) Endemic to two or more subdivisions: 10 species out of 44, or about 22.7 percent, (1) Endemic to one subdivision: 16 36.3 are known from two or more In total the endemic divisions. species of Chilopoda constitute a little beyond six-tenths of Chilopods known from these islands. (3) Species widely dispersed in the Indomalayan subregion, occurring in subareas such as Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Malacca, as well as extending to the Oriental and Australian re gions. One species is common to the Philippine Islands and Malay. It does not extend to Australian or Oriental regions. It is 2.27 percent of known species. Eleven species of known Philippine species out of 44 occur also in the Indomalayan sub region as well as extending to other oriental areas and the Australian region. They constitute 25 percent of the known species. (4) Cosmopolitan species: ,6 species are distributed to all tropical regions. These make 13.6 percent of the known species. Affinities of Chilopods of the Philippine Islands with Those of Other Countries (1) Orders, There Families and Genera four orders Represented in the Philippine Fauna. represented, namely, Geophilida, Scolopendrida, Lithobiida and occur throughout the Indomalayan subregion with some members distributed to all the tropical or the subtropical regions. The family Oryidae is spread over the Holarctic, the Ethiopian and the Tropical regions. One of its genera, Orphnaeus, is found in the Philippine fauna. It is distributed over all the tropical regions. One of its species is widespread, two species occur in India and one in Malay. The family Mecistocephalidae is distributed over all the regions. Two of its genera, Mecistocephalus and Megethmus, are found in the Philippine fauna. The genus Mecistocephalus is spread over the Indo-Australian region: 24 of the known species occur in the Australian, 12 in India, 6 in Japan, 5 in the Philippine Islands, 4 in Java, 3 each in China and Malay, 2 in Celebes, 1 each in Ceylon, Borneo, Siam and Indochina. The genus Megethmus is found only in the Philippines, where two species are known. The family Gonibregmatidae is dispersed over the Indo- Australian region and the Neotropi cal region. One genus Gonibregmatus is found in the Philippine fauna. Two species in Fiji Islands, two in New Guinea and one in Philippines of the known species were recorded. The family Cryptopidae is diffused over the Palaearctic, the Neotropical and the Ethiopian regions with members widespread, or cosmopolitan. Two of its gener.a, naely, Otocryptops and Cryptops, are represented in this fauna. The genus Otocryptops IS a widespread one. Two are Scutigerida. All of these also |
