Peripatopsis bolandi

{{Short description|Species of velvet worm}}

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| genus = Peripatopsis

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Peripatopsis bolandi is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.{{cite web|author=Oliveira, I.|author2=Hering, L.|author3=Mayer, G.|name-list-style=amp|title=Updated Onychophora checklist|url=http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm|website=Onychophora Website|access-date=24 November 2016}} This species is a clade in the P. balfouri species complex and ranges from 18 mm to 22 mm in length. Also known as the Boland velvet worm,{{Cite web |title=Boland Velvetworm (Peripatopsis bolandi) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/908327-Peripatopsis-bolandi |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} this species is found in the Hottentots Holland Mountain region in South Africa.{{Cite journal|last1=Daniels|first1=Savel R.|last2=McDonald|first2=Dane E.|last3=Picker|first3=Mike D.|date=2013|title=Evolutionary insight into the Peripatopsis balfouri sensu lato species complex (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) reveals novel lineages and zoogeographic patterning|url=https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12025|journal=Zoologica Scripta|volume=42|issue=6|pages=656–674|doi=10.1111/zsc.12025|s2cid=83758118|issn=0300-3256|url-access=subscription}}

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