Regimitra

Regimitra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Regimitra Reid, 1996
Species:	R. quadricaula
Binomial name
Regimitra quadricaula Reid, 1996

Regimitra is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Regimitra quadricaula. This species is ovoviviparous. The males of this species have 15 pairs of legs, with the last pair fully developed; females have either 15 leg pairs, with the last pair clawed but reduced, or only 14 leg pairs, preceding a pair reduced to a lump without feet or claws.^[1] The type locality of this species is Tuggolo State Forest, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]

References

1. Reid, A. L. (1996). "Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with comments on peripatopsid relationships". Invertebrate Systematics. 10 (4): 663–936. doi:10.1071/it9960663. ISSN 1447-2600.
2. "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

Further reading

• Reid, A. L. (1996). "Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with Comments on Peripatopsid Relationships". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 10 (4): 663–936. doi:10.1071/IT9960663.