Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Chilopoda
Ordo: Geophilomorpha
Surbordo: Adesmata
Superfamilia: Himantarioidea
Familia: Schendylidae
Subfamilia: Ballophilinae
Genus: Ballophilus
Species (36): B. alluaudi – B. australiae – B. braunsi – B. clavicornis – B. comastes – B. conservatus – B. differens – B. fijiensis – B. flavescens – B. foresti – B. giganteus – B. granulosus – B. hounselli – B. insperatus – B. kraepelini – B. latisternus – B. lawrencei – B. liber – B. maculosus – B. maldivensis – B. mauritianus – B. neocaledonicus – B. pallidus – B. paucipes – B. pedadanus – B. peruanus – B. polypus – B. pygmaeus – B. ramirezi – B. riveroi – B. rouxi – B. sabesinus – B. smaragdus – B. taenioformis – B. tercrux
Name
Ballophilus Cook, 1896
Type species: Ballophilus clavicornis Cook, 1896
References
Primary references
Cook, O.F. 1896. Geophiloidea from Liberia and Togo. Brandtia, A Series of Occasional Papers on Diplopoda and Other Anthropoda 35–40. BHL Reference page.
Démangé, J.-M. 1963. Chilopoda. La réserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 5: 41–118. Reference page.
Links
Bonato L., Chagas Jr., A., Edgecombe G.D., Lewis J.G.E., Minelli A., Pereira L.A., Shelley R.M., Stoev P. & Zapparoli M. 2016. ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Online.
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]
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.
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.
"ITIS Standard Report Page: Ballophilus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
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