Ribautia dietrichiae
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Ribautia |
Species: | R. dietrichiae
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Binomial name | |
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Ribautia dietrichiae is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The original description of this species is based on a female specimen measuring 48 mm in length with 71 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in north Western Australia, the type locality being the Kimberley district.[3][2]
Behaviour
[edit]The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17 (3): 1–62 [56].
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Species Ribautia dietrichiae (Verhoeff, 1925)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2023.