Ballophilus foresti

Ballophilus foresti is a species of centipede in the genus Ballophilus. It is found in Benin and Ivory Coast.[1] The male of this species has 63 pairs of legs; the female has 67 leg pairs.[2]

Ballophilus foresti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Ballophilidae
Genus: Ballophilus
Species:
B. foresti
Binomial name
Ballophilus foresti
Demange, 1963

References

  1. "Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist :: Species details".
  2. Demange, Jean-Marie (1993). "Sur les Myriapodes des termitières mortes de Macrotermes du Mont Nimba (Guinée, Cote d'Ivoire) (Mission C. Girard et M. Lamotte)". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 4e série, Section A, Zoologie (in French). 15 (1–4): 107–116.
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