Ballophilus paucipes is a species of centipede in the Schendylidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Ballophilus paucipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Ballophilidae
Genus: Ballophilus
Species:
B. paucipes
Binomial name
Ballophilus paucipes

Description

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The original description of this species is based on a dark brown specimen measuring 16 mm in length with 55 pairs of legs.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Nadarivatu.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [38].
  2. ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior 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). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 30 March 2023.