Alipes (centipede)

Alipes
Alipes, South Africa
The distinctive leaf-like ultimate legs of A. grandidieri.
Scientific 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
See text
Synonyms [1]
EucorybasGerstaecker, 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]}

• 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. 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. "Alipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
3. "Alipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
4. 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.