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Vujić VD, Ilić BS, Lučić LR, Jovanović ZS, Milovanović JZ, Dudić BD, Stojanović DZ. Presence of morphological integration and modularity of the forcipular apparatus in Lithobius melanops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae). Arthropod Struct Dev 2022; 71:101203. [PMID: 36088838 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The presence of morphological integration and modularity of the forcipular apparatus, despite its evolutionary significance, has not been analyzed in centipedes. This morphological structure has a crucial role in feeding and defense, thanks to its poisonous part (forcipules), which is important for catching the prey. The aims of our study were: i) to test the hypothesis of modularity of the forcipular apparatus in centipede Lithobius melanops; and ii) to investigate the influence of allometry on overall morphological integration in the aforementioned species using a geometric morphometric approach. The presence of fluctuating asymmetry was obtained by Procrustes ANOVA. Allometry was significant only for the symmetric component of the forcipular apparatus. The modularity hypothesis was not accepted, because the covariance coefficients for symmetric and asymmetric components were lower than 89.5% and 72.1% (respectively) of other RV coefficients obtained by a random contiguous partition of the forcipular apparatus. Results of the present study indicate that allometry does increase the level of morphological integration in the forcipular apparatus. According to our results, the forcipular coxosternite and forcipules could not be considered as separate modules; namely, they probably share similar developmental pathways and function in different forms of behavior and survival in L. melanops.
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- Vukica D Vujić
- University of Belgrade, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Stojanović DZ, Antić DŽ, Makarov SE. A new cave-dwelling centipede species from Croatia (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae). REV SUISSE ZOOL 2021. [DOI: 10.35929/rsz.0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Dalibor Z. Stojanović
- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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Stojanović DZ, Vujić VD, Lučić LR, Tomić VT, Makarov SE, Mitić BM. Life after the mother's hug: Late post-embryonic development of Cryptops parisi (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae). Arthropod Struct Dev 2020; 57:100948. [PMID: 32416473 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Here we describe in detail the late post-embryonic development of the common European scolopendromorph centipede Cryptops parisi. Canonical variate analyses of two groups of external morphological characters, viz., cephalic capsule characters (head length, length of the anterior and posterior paramedian cephalic sutures) and coxopleuron surface characters (number of pores in the coxal pore-field, number of setae on the posterior coxopleuron edge, their number on the coxal pore-field, and their number posterior to the coxal pore-field) were conducted on a large sample of specimens collected from two localities in Serbia. Ten free-living stages are recognized: three pre-adult stages (adolescens I, II, and III) and seven adult stages (one maturus junior stage, four maturus, and two maturus senior stages). The fourth late post-embryonic stage is the first mature stage in both sexes. Sexual dimorphism in the aforementioned characters was not observed. Morphological variation of coxopleuron characters was more informative for the discrimination of developmental stages in Cryptops than the morphological variation of cephalic capsule characters.
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- Dalibor Z Stojanović
- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Stojanović DZ, Mitić BM, Dudić BD, Gedged AM, Tomić VT, Antić DŽ, Makarov SE. Early development of the centipede Geophilus serbicus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) from the Balkan Peninsula. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2020.1726514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Mitić BM, Stojanović DZ, Antić DŽ, Ilić BS, Gedged AM, Borković-Mitić SS, Ristić NM, Živić NV, Makarov SE. Maternal care in epimorphic centipedes (Chilopoda: Phylactometria: Epimorpha) from the Balkan Peninsula. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2016.1143040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Stojanović DZ, Lučić LR, Danilović Luković JB, Mirčić DL, Živić NV, Makarov SE, Mitic BM. Life under the mother’s hug: Harmonization of the developmental schedules of epimorphs based on early development of the scolopendromorph centipede Cryptops parisi Brolemann, 1920 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae). Russ J Dev Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062360415060089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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