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Alipes (centipede)
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| Alipes, South Africa | |
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| The distinctive leaf-like ultimate legs of A. grandidieri. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- ^ a b 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.
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Shelleywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.
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