Julus
JULUS
CLASSIFICATION:
PHYUM: ARTHROPODA (jointed appendge).
SUB-PHYLUM: UNIRAMIA (single branching appendage).
CLASS: DIPLOPODA (Trunk with 2 pair of legs).
COMMENTS:
• Commonly called as wire worm.
•Body is differentiated into head, thorax and Abdomen .
• Head is covered by cephalic sheets bend downward, head appendages are seven jointed delicate antennae, group of ocelli & mandibles.
•Thorax has 4 segments & each of the last 3 segments is provided with one pair of walking legs.
•Abdominal segments are double, each having one tergum, two small sterna, two pairs of walking legs & two pairs of obscure spiracles.
•Sides of most terga have dark openings of odoriferous glands, secreting noxious substance.
•There is no tracheal system.
•Habit & Habitat: Julus is tropical, found in
dark & damp places.
• Distribution: cosmopolitan.
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