Archispirostreptus
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Archispirostreptus is a genus of giant Africa
n millipede
s in family Spirostreptidae
, containing 26 species:
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n millipede
Millipede
Millipedes are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment . Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one...
s in family Spirostreptidae
Spirostreptidae
Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes. It contains the following genera:*Aethiopistreptus*Alloporus*Alogostreptus*Anastreptus*Andenostreptus*Andineptus*Anethoporus*Archispirostreptus*Attemsostreptus...
, containing 26 species:
- Archispirostreptus arabs (Pocock, 1876)
- Archispirostreptus beccarii Silvestri, 1895
- Archispirostreptus boettegi Silvestri, 1895
- Archispirostreptus camerani Silvestri, 1895
- Archispirostreptus cayennophilus Silvestri, 1897
- Archispirostreptus cechii Silvestri, 1897
- Archispirostreptus compressicauda Silvestri, 1895
- Archispirostreptus conatus (Attems, 1928)
- Archispirostreptus curiosum Silvestri, 1895
- Archispirostreptus curiosus Silvestri, 1895
- Archispirostreptus divergens Krabbe & Enghoff, 1978
- Archispirostreptus dodsoni Pocock, 1899
- Archispirostreptus gigasArchispirostreptus gigasArchispirostreptus gigas, the giant African millipede, is one of the largest millipedes, growing up to in length, in circumference, and has 256 legs....
(Peters, 1855) - Archispirostreptus guayrensis Silvestri, 1896
- Archispirostreptus guineensis Silvestri, 1897
- Archispirostreptus ibanda Silvestri, 1907
- Archispirostreptus lobatus Attems, 1901
- Archispirostreptus lobulatus Attems, 1901
- Archispirostreptus lugubris Brölemann, 1901
- Archispirostreptus phillipsii Pocock, 1896
- Archispirostreptus punctiporus Silvestri, 1897
- Archispirostreptus sanctus Silvestri, 1897
- Archispirostreptus smithii Pocock, 1899
- Archispirostreptus sumptuosus Silvestri, 1896
- Archispirostreptus transmarinus Hoffman, 1965
- Archispirostreptus virgator Silvestri, 1907
- Archispirostreptus xanthoproctus Silvestri, 1897