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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.
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]
2.2 Evolution. 2.3 Living groups. 2.4 ... The longest extant species is the giant African millipede ... The higher-level classification of millipedes is presented ...
The lesser giant millipede was first discovered on a tree plantation in 1996, Enghoff wrote, in the Mufindi highlands of Tanzania. The pine trees do not grow there naturally, but the millipedes ...
Close-up footage shows a giant African millipede crawl across a log with its hundreds of legs. Wildlife photographer and filmer of this video Ian Redmond told Newsflare: "There is something quite ...
Archispirostreptus is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, [2] containing 10 species: [3] Archispirostreptus beccarii Silvestri, 1895 Archispirostreptus boettegi Silvestri, 1895
A giant dark-brown millipede, not documented for 126 years, has been recorded in Makira Natural Park, home to the largest and most intact forest in Madagascar.
Like most millipede groups, they have a fragmentary fossil record. The oldest record of the group is the extinct family Electrocambalidae , which is known from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous around 99 million years ago, which belongs to the suborder Cambalidea.