Peripatopsis leonina Purcell, 1899:344
Lion's Hill velvet worm
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1900 (Hamer, 2003a,b); 1904 (van Noort & Ranwashe, 2020)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
The IUCN classified this species as Critically Endangered (CR) because a lack of specimens does not necessarily mean that the species is extinct, because of its putatively cryptic nature. Specimens of an unknown species of Velvet Worm have also been seen but not collected at the type locality (Hamer, 2003a,b).
Distribution
Lion's Hill (= Signal Hill), Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection (1800-2013):
The Myriapoda & Onychophora collection (MY) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris):
MNHN-MY-MY39 (female) [syntype]
MNHN-MY-MY42 (1 male; 1 female)
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University:
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Purcell, W. F. (1899). On the South African species of Peripatidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 1: 331-351.
Other references:
Bouvier, E.-L. (1905). Monographie des Onychophores. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 2: 1-383. [p. 121-122]
Hamer, M. L. (2003a). Peripatopsis leonina. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 12 December 2010.
Hamer, M. L. (2003b). Peripatopsis leonina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T16620A6189763. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T16620A6189763.en. Accessed on 14 May 2023.
Hamer, M. L., Samways, M. J. and Ruhberg, H. (1997). A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation. Annals of the Natal Museum 38(1): 283-312.
Mauriès J, Chagnoux S (2022). The Myriapoda & Onychophora collection (MY) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 74.256. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/eq1kml accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-03. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1019538525
Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora). Revista de Biología Tropical 42(3): 611-622.
Oliveira, I. S., Read, V. M. S. J. and Mayer, G. (2012). A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names. ZooKeys 211: 1-70. https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fzookeys.211.3463
Ruhberg, Hike. (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora). Systematik, Okologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte in Schaller F (Ed). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 137: .
van Noort D S, Ranwashe F (2020). IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection (1800-2013). Version 1.4. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vf3ko1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-03. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1224579455