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Analocostreptus gregorius, previously called Spirostreptus gregorius and sometimes called African olive millipede is a millipede of the family Spirostreptidae. The species was first described by Carl Attems in his 1914 Afrikanische Spirostreptiden: nebst Ueberblick über die Spirostreptiden orbis terrarum Attems, C. M. T. Graf von.
Telodeinopus autii, commonly known as the giant African olive millipede, the Ghana speckled leg millipede, and the long legged millipede, is a species of large millipede inhabiting the tropical forests of west, central and east Africa. [1] T. autii has an oblong and cylindrical body, [2] that is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) long when fully mature. [1]
Archispirostreptus gigas, known as the giant African millipede, shongololo or Bongololo, is the largest extant species of millipede, growing up to 33.5 centimetres (13.2 in) in length, 67 millimetres (2.6 in) in circumference.
Spirostreptida are generally large, long and cylindrical, with 30 to 90 body rings. Eyes are present in most. [ 2 ] This order contains the longest millipedes known: the giant African millipedes of the genus Archispirostreptus that may exceed 30 centimetres (12 in).
Researchers ventured into the mountains of the eastern African country as part of the ... Marian’s millipedes can have up to 44 body segments and reach about 1.7 inches in length, researchers ...
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Sphaerotheriida is an order of millipedes [1] in the infraclass Pentazonia, [2] sometimes known as giant pill millipedes. [3] They inhabit Southern Africa , Madagascar , South and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand . [ 4 ]
Telodeinopus is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing the following species [1]: Telodeinopus aoutii (Demange, 1971) Telodeinopus assiniensis (Attems, 1914) Telodeinopus bibundinus (Attems, 1914) Telodeinopus canaliculatus (Porat, 1894) (was Telodeinopus eidmanni,Verhoeff, 1941) Telodeinopus chapini ...