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Key to the Geophilomorpha of Europe F11(full screen)
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Found:


  Number of pairs of legs (including the ultimate)


    
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1 forcipular coxosternite: relative breadth (maximum width / exposed length)
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2 forcipular coxosternite: coxopleural sutures: anterior half: position
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3 forcipular coxosternite: chitin-lines: presence
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4 forcipular coxosternite: chitin-lines: position
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5 forcipular coxosternite: anterior margin: shape (depth of medial embayment with respect to the most projecting part of anterior margin of coxosternite / basal distance between forcipular trochanteroprefemora)
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6 forcipular coxosternite: anterior denticles: presence
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7 forcipular trochanteroprefemur: degree of elongation (length between condyles / width at base)
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8 forcipular trochanteroprefemur: distal denticle: presence and degree of elongation
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9 forcipular tibia: denticle: presence
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10 forcipular tarsungulum: basal denticle: presence
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11 forcipular tarsungulum: basal denticle: relative size (denticle length from basal articulation of tarsungulum / tarsungulum length)
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12 forcipular tarsungulum: basal denticle: shape of the margin facing the ungulum
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13 forcipular tarsungulum: ungulum: shape of transverse section
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14 forcipular tarsungulum: basal third of ungulum: internal and external margins: position
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15 forcipular tarsungulum: denticle-like projections along ungulum: presence
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16 anterior half of trunk: mid-longitudinal sulcus distinctly more sclerotized than surrounding integument of metasternite: presence
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17 anterior half of trunk: pore-field/s on anterior half of metasternite: presence
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18 anterior half of trunk: pore-field/s on intermediate and/or posterior half of metasternite: presence
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19 anterior half of trunk: pore-field/s on intermediate and/or posterior half of metasternite: position
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20 anterior half of trunk: main pore-field on intermediate and/or posterior half of metasternite: shape
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21 anterior half of trunk: main pore-field on intermediate and/or posterior half of metasternite: double constriction: presence and direction
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22 anterior half of trunk: pore-fields on intermediate and/or posterior half of metasternite: paired small fields just anterior to the main pore-field: presence and position
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23 anterior half of trunk: leg: pretarsus: anterior accessory spine: shape
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24 anterior half of trunk: metasternite: carpophagus pit: presence
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25 anterior half of trunk: metasternite: carpophagus pit: maximum width relativeto anterior margin of metasternite
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26 anterior half of trunk: metasternite: sternobothrium: presence
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27 anterior half of trunk: metasternite: virguliform fossae: presence
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28 anterior half of trunk: metasternite: posterior transverse fossa: presence
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29 posterior third of trunk: metasternite: pore-field/s: presence
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30 posterior third of trunk: metasternite: pore-field/s: position
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31 posterior third of trunk: main pore-field/s on intermediate and/or posterior third of metasternite: shape
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32 most posterior leg-bearing segments: main pore-field/s: relative size in comparison with other metasternites in the posterior third of trunk
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33 most posterior leg-bearing segments: metasternite: lateral gutters: presence
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34 ultimate leg-bearing segment: metasternite: shape
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35 ultimate leg-bearing segment: metasternite: mid-longitudinal groove: presence
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36 ultimate leg-bearing segment: metasternite: posterior margin: shape
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37 ultimate leg-bearing segment: metasternite: relative breadth (maximum width / length)
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38 ultimate leg-bearing segment: metasternite: breadth in comparison with preceding metasternite (max width of ultimate metasternite / posterior width of penultimate metasternite)
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39 ultimate leg-bearing segment: distinct pleurites between presternite, metasternite and coxopleura: presence
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40 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxopleuron: ventral side: coxal pores opening on the surface separately, not inside pit/s: presence
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41 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxopleuron: ventral side: coxal pores opening on the surface separately, not inside pit/s: number
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42 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxopleuron: ventral side: coxal pores opening on the surface separately, not inside pit/s: position of most pores
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43 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxopleuron: ventral side: single coxal pore distinctly displaced posteriorly and/or laterally from the others: presence
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44 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxopleuron: ventral side: pit/s where multiple coxal organs open: presence, number and shape
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45 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: number of articles
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46 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: elongation in comparison with penultimate telopodite (length of ultimate telopodite / length of penultimate telopodite)
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47 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: breadth in comparison with penultimate telopodite (width of ultimate telopodite / width of penultimate telopodite)
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48 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: prefemur: mesal expansion: presence and shape
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49 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: ultimate article: elongation (length / width)
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50 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: ultimate article: relative elongation in comparison with penultimate article (length of ultimate article / length of penultimate article)
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51 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: ultimate article: relative breadth in comparison with penultimate article (width of ultimate article / width of penultimate article)
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52 ultimate leg-bearing segment: telopodite: pretarsus: presence and shape
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53 postpedal segments: gonopods: shape
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54 postpedal segments: anal pores: presence
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55 antenna: shape (maximum width of articles in distal third of antenna / width of articles in intermediate third of antenna)
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56 antenna: relative elongation (antenna length / head width)
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57 head: elongation (length/width)
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58 head: transverse suture: presence
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59 forcipular segment: metatergite: lateral margins: position
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60 trunk: distinct dorsal dark patches
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61 anterior half of trunk: intercalary paratergites: presence
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62 anterior half of trunk: primary paratergites: presence
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63 penultimate leg-bearing segment: sutural sulci between metatergite and stigmatopleurites: presence
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64 ultimate leg-bearing segment: pleuropretergite: sutural sulci between pretergite and intercalary pleurites: presence
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65 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxal pores opening on the pleuropretergite: presence
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66 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxal pores opening on the metatergite: presence
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67 ultimate leg-bearing segment: coxopleuron: dorsal side: coxal pores: presence and pattern
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68 clypeus: clypeal area/s: presence
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69 clypeus: setae: number
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70 clypeus: 1-2 setae in posterior half of clypeus, distinctly separated from other setae: presence
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71 first maxillae: coxosternite: mid-longitudinal sutural sulcus: presence
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72 first maxillae: coxal projections: relative position
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73 first maxillae: lappets: presence
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74 second maxillae: coxosternite: anterior margin: shape
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75 second maxillae: coxosternite: anterior margin: medial notch
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76 second maxillae: coxosternite: isthmus: degree of elongation and sclerotization
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77 second maxillae: coxosternite: statuminia: presence
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78 second maxillae: pretarsus: shape
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79 second maxillae: pretarsus: lateral or basal projections: number and position
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80 labrum: intermediate part: distinction from clypeus
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81 labrum: lateral parts: distinction from intermediate part and position
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82 labrum: lateral part: transverse thickened line: degree of completeness and position
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83 labrum: intermediate part: posterior margin: shape
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84 labrum: intermediate part: posterior projections: shape
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85 labrum: lateral parts: posterior projections: shape
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86 mandible: lamellae: number
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87 mandible: first (most ventral) lamella: distinction from other lamellae in shape and sclerotization
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88 mandible: first (most ventral) lamella: number of distinct blocks comprising the lamella
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SELECTED CHOICE:
bottone


bottone

This is an open access web-application.
If you publish results obtained using this application, you should cite the data paper describing it.
Bonato L, Minelli A, Lopresti M, Cerretti P (2014)ChiloKey, an interactive identification tool for the geophilomorph centipedes of Europe (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha). ZooKeys 443: 1-9.