Biology:Aspidopleres

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Short description: Genus of centipedes


Aspidopleres
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Aspidopleres species
Scientific classification
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Myriapoda
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Genus:
Aspidopleres

Porat, 1893
Species:
A. intercalatus
Binomial name
Aspidopleres intercalatus
(Porat, 1893)

Aspidopleres is an African genus of centipedes belonging to the family Oryidae.[1][2] Centipedes in this genus range from 11 cm to 12 cm in length, have 87 to 105 pairs of legs, and are found in southwest Africa.[3]

Species

Only one accepted species has been described within this genus:

  • Aspidopleres intercalatus (Porat, 1893)[3][4]

References

  1. "Index zoologicus. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record" 1880-1900, together with other names not included in the "Nomenclator zoologicus" of S.H. Scudder". 1902. https://archive.org/stream/indexzoologicusa00zool/indexzoologicusa00zool_djvu.txt. 
  2. Index zoologicus. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record" 1880-1900 [1]
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". in Minelli, Alessandro. The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443 [436]. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812207443. 
  4. Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_genres/481. Retrieved 4 March 2023. 

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