''Ballophilus braunsi'' is a species of

arthropod Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...

in the genus ''

Ballophilus ''Ballophilus'' is a genus of centipedes in the family Ballophilidae Ballophilidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes belonging to the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea Himantarioidea is a monophyletic superfamily of s ...

''. It is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. It has two subspecies: ''Ballophilus braunsi braunsi'' and ''Ballophilus braunsi nimbanus''.

References

Ballophilidae Arthropods of South Africa Animals described in 1907 {{Myriapod-stub