Alipes (centipede)

Alipes
Alipes, South Africa
The distinctive leaf-like ultimate legs of A. grandidieri.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Subfamily: Otostigminae
Genus: Alipes
Imhoff, 1854
Type species
Alipes multicostis
Imhoff, 1854
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Eucorybas Gerstaecker, 1854

Alipes is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopendridae, found in Africa. Alipes get their unique name from their leaf-like legs.