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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.
The only recorded usage of millipedes as food by humans comes from the Bobo people of Burkina Faso in West Africa, who consume boiled, dried millipedes belonging to the families Gomphodesmidae and Spirostreptidae [100]: 341 [101] to which they add tomato sauce. [101] Millipedes have also inspired and played roles in scientific research.
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.
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 ...
More formally known as an Archispirostreptus gigas, giant African millipede can reach up to 15in long and make for a great exotic pet for beginners who are OK with having a crawly creature in ...
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]
Doratogonus is a genus of millipedes in family Spirostreptidae. They are relatively large, at 80–200 millimetres (3–8 in) long, relatively common, and distributed across Southern Africa . [ 1 ] Many of the species are listed on the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction .
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.