Predatory behavior of three centipede species of the order Scolopendromorpha (Arthropoda: Myriapoda: Chilopoda)

ABSTRACT Studies related to centipede feeding and predatory behavior are rare in the literature, and are limited to observations made during fieldwork. Furthermore, they lack descriptions of prey capture. We conducted a laboratory experiment using South American specimens of Scolopendra viridicornis...

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Main Authors: Samuel P.G. Guizze, Irene Knysak, Katia C. Barbaro, Manoela Karam-Gemael, Amazonas Chagas-Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000600300&lng=en&tlng=en