Alipes grandidieri Lucas, 1864

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail & Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2013, Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus), Zootaxa 3734 (2), pp. 169-198 : 173

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.5

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5271273

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Alipes grandidieri Lucas, 1864
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5. Alipes grandidieri Lucas, 1864 View in CoL

Material examined. Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition , Mahali Peninsula , loc. Kasoge Camp, No. 286, 2.500 ft, 14/8/59, habitat: running on ground, 8:30 a.m., leg. J.A.C. (= A.J. Charig), 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition , loc. Lukandamila, No. 756, 5.500 ft, 3/10/59, habitat: under log, litter of open high forest, leg. J.A.C., 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition , loc. Kasoge, No. 191, 2.550 ft, 3/8/59, habitat: no data, leg. Purchased, 1 ex., BMNH ?. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ).

Type locality. Zanzibar Isl. ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Kenya (KE), Tanzania ( TZ), Uganda ( UG) ( Minelli et al. 2006).

Lucas, H. (1864) Sur une nouvelle espece de Scolopendridae (Eucorybas grandidieri). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 4 (4), 420.

Minelli, A., Bonato, L., Dioguardi, R., Chagas, J. A., Edgecombe, G. D., Lewis, J. G. E., Pereira, L. A., Shelley, R. M., Stoev, P., Uliana, M. & Zapparoli, M. (2006 and onwards). CHILOBASE. A web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy.

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FIGURE 2. Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) bottegii, C. (T.) gigas, Alipes appendiculatus, A. calcipes and A. grandidieri, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.

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