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Diplopods as Carnivores
Author(s) -
Hoffman Richard L.,
Payne Jerry A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1936905
Subject(s) - omnivore , ecology , geography , biology , taxonomic rank , carnivore , zoology , predation , taxon
Compilation of scattered literature records, together with unpublished observations by the authors, provides an impression that carnivory is not uncommon among various species of Diplopoda. Most of the species known to consume food of animal origin are obviously omnivores, but members of at least one order, the Callipodida, appear to be preferentially carnivorous. On the basis of existing information, omnivory seems to be most common among members of the least specialized taxonomic groups.