Millipedes as Food for Humans: Their Nutritional and Possible Antimalarial Value—A First Report TABLE 4

 

Table 4

Summary of the current knowledge about utilization of millipedes by mammals as anointing and/or food item.

Mammals Millipedes Chemicals Use Reference Marsupialia          Opossum (Didelphis albiventris) Leptodesmus dentellus (Chelodesmidae)  Gymnostreptus olivaceus (Spirostreptidae) Benzoquinones and Cyanogenics Consumption and sniffing [47] Carnivora          White-nosed coatis (Nasua narica) Orthoporus sp. (Spirostreptidae) Benzoquinones Consumption after prey-rolling treatment [13]  Meerkat-mangoose (Suricata suricatta) ? ? Consumption after treatment [49, 51]  Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) ? ? Consumption [52] Primates          Capuchin monkeys (Cebus sp.) Orthoporus dorsovittatus (Spirostreptidae) Benzoquinones Self-anointing [19]  Capuchin monkeys (C. olivaceus) Orthoporus dorsovittatus (Spirostreptidae) Benzoquinones Self-anointing [18]  Owl monkeys (Aotus sp.) Anadenobolus monilicornis (Rhinocricidae) Benzoquinones Self-anointing [55]  Black lemurs (Elemur macaco) Charactopygus sp. (Spirostreptidae) Benzoquinones ? Self-anointing [17]  Lemurs (Varecia rubra and Eulemur fulvus albifrons) ? ? Self-anointing and consumption after handling and salivating [50, 53, 72]  Humans, Bobo population Tymbodesmus falcatus and Sphenodesmus sheribongensis (Gomphodesmidae) unknown Spirostreptidae Benzoquinones and Cyanogenics