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]