Ribautia pruvotae

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Ribautia pruvotae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Ribautia
Species:
R. pruvotae
Binomial name
Ribautia pruvotae
(Brolemann, 1931) [1]
Synonyms
  • Schizoribautia pruvotaeBrölemann, 1912

Ribautia pruvotae is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was described in 1931 by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann. [1] [2]

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Description

The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 25 mm in length with 55 pairs of legs. [1]

Distribution

The species occurs in the Loyalty Islands Province. The type locality is Lifou Island. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brolemann, HW (1931). "Myriapodes recueillis par Madame Pruvot en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux Loyalty". Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 72: 275–316 [308].
  2. 1 2 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 30 March 2023.
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