| Ballophilus | |
|---|---|
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| Ballophilus hounselli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Ballophilidae |
| Genus: | Ballophilus Cook, 1896 |
Ballophilus is the largest genus of centipedes in the family Ballophilidae.[1] Species in this genus are found in tropical and subtropical regions, mainly in Africa and southeast Asia.[2]
Species
There are about 40 species, including:[3]
- Ballophilus alluaudi
- Ballophilus australiae
- Ballophilus braunsi
- Ballophilus clavicornis
- Ballophilus comastes
- Ballophilus conservatus
- Ballophilus differens
- Ballophilus fijiensis
- Ballophilus filiformis
- Ballophilus flavescens
- Ballophilus foresti
- Ballophilus giganteus
- Ballophilus granulosus
- Ballophilus hounselli
- Ballophilus insperatus
- Ballophilus kraepelini
- Ballophilus latisternus
- Ballophilus lawrencei
- Ballophilus liber
- Ballophilus maculosus
- Ballophilus maldivensis
- Ballophilus mauritianus
- Ballophilus neocaledonicus
- Ballophilus pallidus
- Ballophilus paucipes
- Ballophilus pedadanus
- Ballophilus peruanus
- Ballophilus polypus
- Ballophilus pygmaeus
- Ballophilus ramirezi
- Ballophilus riveroi
- Ballophilus rouxi
- Ballophilus sabesinus
- Ballophilus smaragdus
- Ballophilus taenioformis
- Ballophilus tercrux
Description
Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 7 cm in length and have 37 to 91 pairs of legs.[2] The Asian species Ballophilus pallidus measures only 11 mm in length and can have as few as 37 leg pairs (37 or 39 pairs in males, 41 in females), the minimum number found in this genus.[4] The species B. fijiensis can reach 52 mm in length and can have 81 to 91 leg pairs, the maximum number found in this genus.[5]
References
- ↑ Pereira, Luis Alberto; Foddai, Donatella; Minelli, Alessandro (1996-12-01). "First Record of a Ballophilid Centipede from Argentina with a Description of Ballophilus ramirezi n.sp. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Ballophilidae)". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 31 (3–4): 170–178. doi:10.1076/snfe.31.3.170.13335. ISSN 0165-0521.
- 1 2 Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Ballophilus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ↑ Attems, C. (1938). "Die von Dr. C. Dawydoff in französisch Indochina gesammelten Myriopoden". Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, N.S. (in German). 6 (2): 187-353 [323] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Chamberlain, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian Region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 64: 1-269 [37] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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