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Ribautia aggregata

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Ribautia aggregata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Ribautia
Species:
R. aggregata
Binomial name
Ribautia aggregata
(Brölemann, 1915) [1]
Synonyms
  • Schizoribautia aggregatum Brölemann, 1915
  • Schizoribautia aggregatus Chamberlin, 1920

Ribautia aggregata is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1915 by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann.[1][2] Females of this species have 67 to 71 pairs of legs and are about 50 mm long.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in New South Wales.[3]

Behaviour

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The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Brölemann, HW (1925). "Description of a new species of Myriapoda from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 40 (4): 683–684 [683]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.18888.
  2. ^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Species Ribautia aggregata (Brölemann, 1915)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2023.