Peripatopsis moseleyi

Peripatopsis moseleyi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.^[1] Males of this species (as traditionally defined) have 20 to 24 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws);^[2] females have 19 to 23 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws).^[3] Females range from 11 mm to 75 mm in length, whereas males range from 9 mm to 50 mm.^[4] The type locality is in South Africa.^[5]

Peripatopsis moseleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Peripatopsis
Species:	P. moseleyi
Binomial name
Peripatopsis moseleyi (Wood-Mason, 1879)
Synonyms
Peripatus moseleyi Wood-Mason, 1879

More recent phylogenetic results indicate that this species as traditionally defined is instead a species complex (P. moseleyi sensu lato) containing five genetically distinct clades, now described as separate species: P. birgeri, P. hamerae, P. janni, P. stortchi, and P. moseleyi sensu stricto. Males of this species more narrowly defined (P. moseleyi sensu stricto) have 22 to 24 pregenital pairs of legs (plus one genital pair); females have 23 pregenital pairs (plus one genital pair). Female specimens range from 42 mm to 60 mm in length; males range from 22 mm to 40 mm in length.^[6]