Peripatopsis overbergiensis

{{Short description|Species of velvet worm}}

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| genus = Peripatopsis

| species = overbergiensis

| authority = McDonald et al., 2012

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Peripatopsis overbergiensis, the Overberg velvet worm,{{Cite web |title=Overberg Velvetworm (Peripatopsis overbergiensis) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/682708-Peripatopsis-overbergiensis |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.{{cite web|author=Oliveira, I. S.|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 usually has 19 pairs of legs: 18 pregenital leg pairs plus one last pair that is strongly reduced and without claws or spinous pads.{{Cite journal |last1=McDonald |first1=Dane E. |last2=Ruhberg |first2=Hilke |last3=Daniels |first3=Savel R. |date=2012-07-05 |title=Two new Peripatopsis species (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from the Western Cape province, South Africa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265259210 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3380 |issue=1 |pages=55–68 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3380.1.4 |issn=1175-5334 |via=ResearchGate}} Some individuals, however, have only 18 leg pairs (i.e., 17 pregenital leg pairs). This species is limited to the Overberg region of South Africa.{{cite journal|last1=Oliveira|first1=I. S.|last2=Read|first2=V. M. S. J.|last3=Mayer|first3=G.|title=A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names|journal=ZooKeys|date=2012|issue=211|pages=1–70|doi=10.3897/zookeys.211.3463|pmid=22930648|pmc=3426840|doi-access=free|bibcode=2012ZooK..211....1O }}