Planipapillus

Planipapillus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae, whose species are found in eastern Victoria and southeastern New South Wales, Australia.^[1] They are unique in that the males of this genus may bear patches of reduced papillae on the head, posterior to the eyes; the generic name refers to this fact, and likewise they have been vernacularly referred to as lawn-headed onychophorans.^[2] All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of legs.^[1]

Planipapillus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Planipapillus Reid, 1996
Species
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Species

The genus was erected in 1996 by Amanda L. Reid to accommodate four contemporarily described species, of which P. taylori was designated the type species.^[1] Reid described and assigned a further eight species to Planipapillus in 2000,^[3] and Douch and Reid described an additional species in 2023,^[4] producing the count of 13 species recognised today. These species are listed below:

• Planipapillus absonus Douch & Reid, 2023
• Planipapillus annae Reid, 2000
• Planipapillus berti Reid, 2000
• Planipapillus biacinaces Reid, 1996
• Planipapillus biacinoides Reid, 2000
• Planipapillus bulgensis Reid, 1996
• Planipapillus cyclus Reid, 2000
• Planipapillus gracilis Reid, 2000
• Planipapillus impacris Reid, 2000
• Planipapillus mundus Reid, 1996
• Planipapillus taylori Reid, 1996
• Planipapillus tectus Reid, 2000
• Planipapillus vittatus Reid, 2000