Peripatus is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.

Description

Velvet worms in this genus may have as few as 24 or 25 pairs of legs (in P. antiguensis or P. dominicae, respectively) or as many as 36 leg pairs (in P. evelinae). Males in this genus bear crural tubercles on more than two pregenital leg pairs. The dorsal primary papillae in this genus feature an apical piece that is larger than the basal piece.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Peripatus basilensis <small> Brues, 1935</small> – Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)
  • Peripatus bouvieri <small>Fuhrmann, 1913</small> – Colombia
  • Peripatus brolemanni <small>Bouvier, 1899</small> – Venezuela
  • Peripatus danicus <small> Bouvier, 1900</small> – Virgin Islands
  • Peripatus darlingtoni <small> Brues, 1935</small> – Hispaniola
  • Peripatus dominicae <small>Pollard, 1894</small> – Dominica
  • Peripatus evelinae <small>(Marcus, 1937)</small> – Brazil
  • Peripatus haitiensis <small> Brues, 1913</small> – Hispaniola
  • Peripatus heloisae <small>Carvalho, 1941</small> – Brazil
  • Peripatus juanensis <small>Bouvier, 1900</small> – Puerto Rico
  • Peripatus juliformis <small>Guilding, 1826</small> – Saint Vincent Island; type species
  • Peripatus lachauxensis <small> Brues, 1935</small> – Hispaniola
  • Peripatus manni <small>Brues, 1913</small> – Hispaniola
  • Peripatus ruber <small>Fuhrmann, 1913</small> – Costa Rica
  • Peripatus sedgwicki <small>Bouvier, 1899</small> – Venezuela
  • Peripatus swainsonae <small>Cockerell, 1893</small> – Jamaica

Peripatus antiguensis <small>Bouvier, 1899</small> and Peripatus bavaysi <small>Bouvier, 1899</small> are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.

Former species

  • Mongeperipatus solorzanoi <small>Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010</small>, Solórzano's velvet worm – Costa Rica

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