Rhysida longipes

Rhysida longipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Rhysida
Species:
R. longipes
Binomial name
Rhysida longipes
(Newport, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Branchiostoma affine Kohlrausch, 1878
  • Branchiostoma gracile Kohlrausch, 1878
  • Otostigmus simplex Chamberlin, 1913
  • Rhysida yanagiharai Takakuwa, 1935
  • Rhysida longipes brevicornis Takakuwa, 1934
  • Branchiostoma longipes rotundatum Haase, 1887

Rhysida longipes, sometimes known as minor blue leg,[1] is a species of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae.[2] Three subspecies are recognized.[3] It is sometimes used as a pet in some countries.

Subspecies

  • Rhysida longipes afghanistana
  • Rhysida longipes malayica
  • Rhysida longipes simplicior

References

  1. ^ "Rhysida longipes common name". BugzUK. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Rhysida longipes (Newport,1845)". Chilobase. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Rhysida longipes (Newport,1845) subspecies". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  • Newport G. (1845). Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19: 265-302, 349-439, see p. 411.

Establishment of the Adventive Centipede Rhysida longipes longipes (Newport, 1845; Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in South Florida 2015


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