| Ribautia aggregata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Ribautia |
| Species: | R. aggregata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ribautia aggregata | |
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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
The species occurs in New South Wales.[3]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 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.
- ↑ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 "Species Ribautia aggregata (Brölemann, 1915)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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