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
Species

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Alipes is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopendridae, found in Africa.[1][2][3]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Alipes:[1][2][3]

  • Alipes appendiculatus Pocock, 1896 (Africa, Malawi, and Mozambique)
  • Alipes calcipes Cook, 1897 (Africa, Angola, and Zimbabwe)
  • Alipes crotalus (Gerstaecker, 1854) (Africa, Mozambique, South Africa, and Uganda)
  • Alipes grandidieri Lucas, 1864 (Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda)
  • Alipes madecassus Saussure & Zehntner, 1902 (Africa)
  • Alipes madegassus Saussure & Zehntner, 1902 (Madagascar)
  • Alipes multicostis Imhoff, 1854 (Africa, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone)

References

  1. 1 2 "Alipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  2. 1 2 "Alipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  3. 1 2 Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.


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