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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.
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]
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 ...
The longest extant species is the giant African millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas). Among myriapods, millipedes have traditionally been considered most closely related to the tiny pauropods, although some molecular studies challenge this relationship.
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 ...
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.
A few giant pill millipede species have been dispersed by humans, probably inadvertently. Examples include the Sri Lankan Arthrosphaeridae species Arthrosphaera brandtii which has established a population in the Usambara Mountains , Tanzania, [ 17 ] as well as some South African Sphaerotherium species which have isolated populations in Malawi ...