| Rhysida | |
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| Rhysida nuda | |
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| Rhysida longipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Scolopendridae |
| Subfamily: | Otostigminae |
| Genus: | Rhysida Wood, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Branchiostoma lithobioides Newport, 1845 [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Rhysida is a large genus of Scolopendromorph centipedes in the subfamily Otostigminae. [2] [3] It is the second largest genus in the subfamily Otostigminae, with species found in the Neotropics, Indo-Malaya, and Africa. [4] It shares some morphological characteristics with the genus Alluropus, and its phylogeny in the subfamily Otostigminae is somewhat uncertain. [5]
There are about 40 species: [6] [7] [8] [9]