Mimopidae

Diagnostic description: 

Diagnosis modified from Lewis (2006: 1232)[1]. With a single ocellus on each side of the cephalic plate. Forcipular coxosternal tooth-plates without teeth. Twenty-one pairs of legs. Ultimate leg-bearing segment and most articles of ultimate legs with numerous small spines.

References

  1. J. G. E. Lewis, “On the scolopendromorph centipede genus Mimops Kraepelin, 1903, with a description of a new family (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)”, Journal of Natural History, vol. 40, no. 19-20, pp. 1231-1239, 2006.
Taxonomic name: 
Mimopidae (Taxonomy)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith