. Economic entomology . Polydesmus dorsalis (natural size). A large tropical species two inches in length—not unlike the West African species P. Thomsoni; of similar dimensions, but the segments are almost free from granulations, and a whitish stripe runs up the middle of the back the whole length of the body. Family SUGENTIA. Parts about the mouth consolidated into a tubule fitted for sucking up liquid food. Most authors have regarded this modification of the parts of the mouth as of so much importance that they have treated the species possessing it as a distinct order or family equal in val
. Economic entomology . Polydesmus dorsalis (natural size). A large tropical species two inches in length—not unlike the West African species P. Thomsoni; of similar dimensions, but the segments are almost free from granulations, and a whitish stripe runs up the middle of the back the whole length of the body. Family SUGENTIA. Parts about the mouth consolidated into a tubule fitted for sucking up liquid food. Most authors have regarded this modification of the parts of the mouth as of so much importance that they have treated the species possessing it as a distinct order or family equal in value to the Chilognatha, or Chilopoda. The importance of such a modification is not the same in all orders, and the lower we s:o
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