Ballophilus paucipes
Appearance
Ballophilus paucipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Ballophilidae |
Genus: | Ballophilus |
Species: | B. paucipes
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Binomial name | |
Ballophilus paucipes Chamberlin, 1920[1]
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Ballophilus paucipes is a species of centipede in the Schendylidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The original description of this species is based on a dark brown specimen measuring 16 mm in length with 55 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Nadarivatu.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [38].
- ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 30 March 2023.