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Table 1 Species of onychophorans studied and corresponding locality data

From: The role of ventral and preventral organs as attachment sites for segmental limb muscles in Onychophora

Peripatidae

Epiperipatus sp. 1

Reserva Particular do PatrimĂ´nio Natural EstaĂ§Ă£o Ambiental de Peti, 43°22′02.16224'' W, 19°53′33.44741'' S, 760 m, municipality of SĂ£o Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Epiperipatus sp. 2

PCH Porto das Pedras, 52°32′33.64'' W, 19°28′44.31'' S, 360 m, Mato Grosso do Sul state, municipality of ChapadĂ£o do Sul, Brazil

Epiperipatus biolleyi (Bouvier, 1902)

Los Juncos, 10°01′27.62'' N, 83°56′30.26'' W, 1760 m, Cascajal de Coronado, Province of San JosĂ©, Costa Rica

Principapillatus hitoyensis Oliveira et al., 2012

Reserva BiolĂ³gica Hitoy Cerere, 09°40′21.56'' N, 83°02′36.97'' W, 300 m, Province of LimĂ³n, region of Talamanca, Costa Rica

Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Grabham & Cockerell, 1892)

Ecclesdown, eastern slope of John Crow Mountains, eastern coast of the island, Jamaica (more precise data unavailable)

Peripatopsidae

Euperipatoides rowelli Reid, 1996

Tallaganda State Forest, 35°26′ S, 149°33′ E, 954 m, New South Wales, Australia

Metaperipatus blainvillei (Gervais, 1837)

A forest near Lago Tinquilco, 39°09′ S, 71°42′ W, 815 m, IX Region de la Araucania, Chile

Metaperipatus inae Mayer, 2007

Forest near Contulmo, 38°01′ S, 73°11′ W, 390 m, VIII Region del Biobio, Chile