glossaryText=Aciculae: needle like spicule or spine.
Anal pores: pores through which the anal glands open on the on either side of the anus. Anal glands are often only present in juveniles.
Anal valves: a pair of folds located on either side of the anus.
Anal-leg: the last pair of legs are modified for use in sensory and defence functions. These legs do not function as legs.
Bipinnulate:
Cephalic plate: the dorsal plate which covers the head.
Clypeus: the anterior plate forming the anteroventral part of the head, located above the labrum.
Coalesced: to grow together/ fuse.
Compound eyes: An eye which consists of many facets, each facet representing an ommatidia, or an individual element of the eye. Members of the Scutigeromorpha possess compound eyes.
Coxa: the small base segment of a leg (or modified leg) by which the leg is attached to the body.
Coxal pores: glandular pores found on the coxae of some legs. In members of the Geophilomorpha and the Scolopendromorpha they are found on the final pair of legs and on the last four pairs of legs in the Lithobiomorpha.
Coxopleuron: the last body segment, to which are attached the last pair of legs.
Coxosternite: basal plates for the legs and mouthparts which are formed by the fusion of the sternite and the coxae. The anal coxosternite refers to the basal plate on the anal legs.
Embayment: shaped like a bay.
Femur: the largest segment of the leg, usually the 3rd from the body, after the trochanter and the coxa.
Filiform: thread like.
Forcipule: the telopodite to which the poison claws are attached.
Genital styles:
Glabrous: refers to the lack of hairs, spines, and other projections on the surface of the insect.
Gonopod: genital appendages
Gonopods: reproductive appendages located on the first genital segment.
Labium: the 2nd maxillae, located behind the 1st maxillae.
Labrum: The upper lip adjacent to the clypeus which is located before the mandibles.
Maxillae: the 2nd and 3rd sets of laterally moving appendages located behind the maxillipeds. Also called the mandibles. The 1st maxillae refers to the 2nd pair of mouthparts, while the 2nd maxilae refers to the 3rd pair of mouthparts.
Maxillipede: the large poison claws found on the ventral side of the head. Also called prehensors, toxicognathes, poison claws, or forcipules.
Ocelli: simple eyes, which may occur in groups on either side of the head. Pleural is ocellus. All centipede orders except members of the Scutigeromorphs possess ocelli.
Papillae: small pimple like projections.
Paramedian sutures: a groove on the surface of the body which indicates a division between sclerites.
Pedigerous: having feet.
Pinnule: a feather like organ or part.
Pleurite: a small, lateral sclerite associated with a pleuron.
Pleuron: a ventrolateral region of a segment, located between a tergum and a sternum.
Podomere: a limb segment which has an independent muscular system.
Porodont:
Prefemur: the section of the leg found between the trochanter and the femur.
Scape: the basal article of the antennae Scape: the basal segment of the antennae in members of the Scutigeromorpha.
Sclerite: the hardened plates along the underside of the body which make up the exoskeleton.
Segment: divisions of the insects body.
Seta: bristles.
Setose: bearing setae.
Sinuate: divided into sinuses; wavy, applying specifically to margins.
Spiculae: spines
Spiracles: breathing pores (openings of the tracheal system), through which gases are diffused. Generally found along the dorsal sides of the insects body. In the Scutigidera they are located between the tergites.
Spiracular plate: a sclerite in which the spiracle is located.
Sternite: the plates which are located along the underside of the body.
Sternum: a plate consisting of sternites covering the ventral surface of a segment.
Stomata: small simple openings within the body surface.
Stylus: a short, still spine like structure.
Sulcate: grooved Sulci - a furrow, groove, or fissure found in the surface of the body plates
Tarsomere: subdivision or article of the tarsus, usually numbering 2 - 5 articles.
Tarsungulum: the terminal claw like segment of the leg formed by fusion of the tarsus and the claw.
Tarsus: the 5th segment of the leg, similar to a foot.
Telopodite: The collective term for the segments that make up the leg, excluding the coxa and the trochanter.
Telson: the terminal body segment on which the anus is located.
Tergite: the sclerites found along the dorsal surface which make up the tergum.
Tergum: the dorsal surface of any body segment.
Tibia: the 4th leg segment, found between the femur and the tarsus.
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Trochanter: the 2nd leg segment which is found between the coxa and the prefemur. In the case of the anal legs, it is the section closest to the genital region which exhibits anal spines.

References
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