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Secretions of Centipedes

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Centipedes are a well-characterized group within the “myriapods.“ Since Pocock’s (1887, 1893 a, 1893 b) and Kingsley’s (1888) papers, they are recognized as a separate class, Chilopoda.

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Minelli, A. (1978). Secretions of Centipedes. In: Bettini, S. (eds) Arthropod Venoms. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology / Handbuch der experimentellen Pharmakologie, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45501-8_4

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