Myriapods
include the Centipedes and Millipedes as well as Symphylas and
Pauropods, the latter two being very difficult to identify with
confidence due to a lack of material.
Guernsey has
quite a selection of Centipedes and Millipedes with some
continental influence as will be set out below. The climate in
Guernsey also appears to allow some species to thrive outside where
in more northern climes they are restricted to heated greenhouses
and similar environments.
I
originally intended to include all centipedes and millipedes on the
same page, but as I started to input data, I realsed there were
more species than I remembered so have since decided to split the
pages to Millipedes and Centipedes.
The current
Guernsey lists consist of the following species:
Centipedes
(Chilopoda):
- Haplophilus
subterraneus
- Hydroschendyla
submarina
- Schendyla
nemorensis
- Schendyla
peyerimhoffi (no photo – not found it myself)
- Strigamia
maritima
- Geophilus
carpophagus
- Geophilus
easoni
- Geophilus
electricus (no photo – not found it myself)
- Geophilus
fucorum (no photo – not found it myself)
- Geophilus
osquidatum (no photo – not found it myself)
- Geophilus
pusillifrater (no photo – not found it myself)
- Geophilus
flavus
- Geophilus
truncorum
- Pachymerium
ferrugineum
- Cryptops
anomalans
- Cryptops
hortensis
- Lithobius
borealis (no photo – not found it myself)
- Lithobius
forficatus
- Lithobius
melanops
- Lithobius
microps
- Lithobius
muticus (no photo – not found it myself)
- Lithobius
pilicornis
- Lithobius
variegatus
- Scutigera
coleoptrata
I
have added photographs below of the species I have found, a few of
the species recorded in Guernsey in the past continue to evade me
but I will add my own photographs when I manage to locate a
specimen for photography.
