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Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Journal of Natural History. 36:1687-1706
As a contribution to a revision of the scolopendromorph centipede subgenus Otostigmus of the genus Otostigmus, the type specimens of 11 species described by R. V. Chamberlin from the Indo-Australian region and in the collection of the Museum of Compa
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Journal of Natural History. 36:79-106
The results of a survey of the scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their offshore islets for surviving endemic species are reported. This fauna was poorly known, only five species having been reported from the islands. Collecti
Publikováno v:
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 38:103-117
The segmentation of centipedes is interpreted in the light of a biphasic model of segmentation (holomeric plus meromeric). The mid-body anomaly (e.g. in the alternating short and long terga, or in the sequence of segments with and without spiracles)
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Journal of Natural History. 34:433-448
Individual variation in populations of three species of the scolopendromorph centipede genus Otostigmus subgenus Otostigmus (O. spinicaudus (Newport, 1844), O. politus Karsch, 1881 and O. astenus (Kohlrausch, 1881)) is described and the reliability o
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series A, General Entomology. 39:50-52
SYNOPSIS A form of “gin-trap” is described in Sternocera castanea, and the possible protection against predators afforded by it and by a ventral spine in Hydrous senegalensis is discussed.
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 52:337-353
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Journal of Zoology. 167:399-414
Observations on populations of Rhysida nuda togoensis and Ethmostigmus trigonopodus in Zaria, Nigeria, show that growth rates are very rapid and life cycles shorter than in centipedes from temperate regions. R. nuda togoensis reproduces when one year
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 47:315-326
An analysis of 13 taxonomic characters in a large population of the centipede, Scolopendra amazonica from Zaria, Northern Nigeria, is described. All show variation, some with age, others with sex, whilst those, such as spinulation, which do not exhib
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 52:97-112
The distribution and variation of Asanada spp. in Nigeria is described. Three forms are recognized and their relationship with other African populations of Asanada is discussed. An account of the biology of A. sokotrana in Nigeria is given. During th
Autor:
J. G. E. Lewis
Publikováno v:
Journal of Zoology. 149:188-203
The life history, reproduction, food and parasites of a population of Scolopendra amazonica Bucherl from the south bank of the Blue Nile at Khartoum, Sudan are described and discussed and Sudanese specimens are compared with Indian S. amazonica and S