Peripatopsis mellaria

{{Short description|Species of velvet worm}}

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| genus = Peripatopsis

| species = mellaria

| authority = Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020

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Peripatopsis mellaria is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.{{Cite journal |last1=Barnes |first1=Aaron |last2=Reiss |first2=Till |last3=Daniels |first3=Savel R. |date=2020 |title=Systematics of the Peripatopsis clavigera species complex (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae) reveals cryptic cladogenic patterning, with the description of five new species |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS19071 |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=569–590 |language=en |doi=10.1071/IS19071 |issn=1445-5226|url-access=subscription }} This species is a clade in the P. clavigera species complex. This species has 17 pairs of legs, varies from slate black to charcoal, and ranges from 11 mm to 20 mm in length. Also known as the Outeniqua velvet worm,{{Cite web |title=Outeniqua Velvetworm (Peripatopsis mellaria) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1432462-Peripatopsis-mellaria |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} this species is found in forests along the coast in Western Cape province in South Africa.