Alipes (centipede)

Alipes
Alipes, South Africa
The distinctive leaf-like ultimate legs of A. grandidieri.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Subfamily: Otostigminae
Genus: Alipes
Imhoff, 1854
Type species
Alipes multicostis
Imhoff, 1854[1]
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Eucorybas Gerstaecker, 1854

Alipes is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopendridae, found in Africa.[2][3][4] Alipes get their unique name from their leaf-like legs. [5]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Alipes:[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Alipes Imhoff, 1854". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Alipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  3. ^ a b "Alipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  4. ^ a b Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ Kronmuller, C; Lewis, J (2015). "On the function of the ultimate legs of some Scolopendridae (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)". ZooKeys (510): 269–278. doi:10.3897/zookeys.510.8674. PMC 4523778. PMID 26257548.