Ballophilus

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Ballophilus
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Ballophilus hounselli
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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 clade Ballophilidae. [1] Species in this genus are found in tropical and subtropical regions, mainly in Africa and southeast Asia. [2]

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Species

There are about 40 species, including: [3]

Description

Centipedes in this genus feature distinctly club-like antennae and circumscribed sternal pore-fields that are subcircular or transversally elliptical, range from about 1 cm to about 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 in males, 41 in females), the minimum number found in this genus. [4] Both B. fijiensis and B. giganteus can have as many as 91 leg pairs, the maximum number found in this genus, but B. giganteus is also notable for its large size, reaching 75 mm in length. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ 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. Bibcode:1996SNFE...31..170P. doi:10.1076/snfe.31.3.170.13335. ISSN   0165-0521.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Ballophilus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ↑ Attems, C. (1938). "Die von Dr. C. Dawydoff in französisch Indochina gesammelten Myriopoden". Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Nouvelle Série (in German). 6 (2): 187–353 [323] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Demange, J.-M. (1963). "Chilopoda: La Réserve Naturelle Integrale du Mont Nimba". Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (in French). 66 (5): 41–118 [68].


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