Schendyla is a genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae. It was described by Danish entomologists Vilhelm Bergsøe and Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert in 1866. Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 4 cm in length and have from 31 to 57 pairs of legs.
Species
There are 21 valid species:
Schendyla apenninorum (Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911) Schendyla armata Brölemann, 1901 Schendyla aternana (Verhoeff, 1934) Schendyla capusei (Dărăbanţu & Matic, 1969) Schendyla carniolensis Verhoeff, 1902 Schendyla dalmatica Attems, 1904 Schendyla delicatula Kaczmarek, 1969 Schendyla dentata (Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911) Schendyla gracillima Verhoeff, 1934 Schendyla hispanica (Attems, 1952) Schendyla mediterranea Silvestri, 1898 Schendyla monodi (Brölemann, 1924) Schendyla monoeci Brölemann, 1904 Schendyla negreai (Dărăbanţu & Matic, 1969) Schendyla nemorensis (C.L.Koch, 1837) Schendyla peyerimhoffi Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911 Schendyla tyrolensis (Meinert, 1870) Schendyla varnensis (Kaczmarek, 1969) Schendyla verneri (Folkmanová & Dobroruka, 1960) Schendyla vizzavonae Léger & Duboscq, 1903 Schendyla walachica Verhoeff, 1900