Dichotomous Key/Myriapoda

This is a Dichotomous Key for the Myriapods.

1

 * Diplopoda: Two pairs of legs per segment.
 * 2: One pair of legs per segment.

2

 * Symphyla: Twelve trunk segments present.
 * Pauropoda: Eleven or fewer segments present.
 * 3: More than twelve trunk segments present

3

 * Chilopoda: First appendages modified into venom claws called forcipules.