Ribautia

Ribautia
	Ribautia sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Ribautia; Brölemann, 1909[1]
Type species
	Ribautia bouvieri; Brölemann, 1909
Synonyms
	Schizoribautia Brölemann, 1912; Polygonarea (Nearia) Chamberlin, 1955;

Ribautia is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann in 1909.[2] Centipedes in this genus are found in South America, tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula, Australia, New Zealand, and Melanesia.[3]

Description

Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 7 cm in length and can have as few as 31 or as many as 125 pairs of legs.[3] Females of the species Ribautia taeniata can have as many as 125 leg pairs,[4] which is the maximum number found in this genus.[3]

Species

There are over 50 valid species,[2] including:

Ribautia aggregata (Brölemann, 1915)
Ribautia brittini (Archey,1922)
Ribautia coarctata Ribaut, 1923
Ribautia conifera (Attems, 1911)
Ribautia derrana (Chamberlin, 1920)
Ribautia dietrichiae (Verhoeff, 1925)
Ribautia gracilis Ribaut, 1923
Ribautia imparata (Attems, 1911)
Ribautia mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1925)
Ribautia pruvotae (Brolemann, 1931)
Ribautia rainbowi (Brölemann, 1912)
Ribautia repanda (Attems, 1911)
Ribautia taeniata Ribaut, 1923
Ribautia wheeleri (Chamberlin, 1920)

References

Brölemann, HW (1909). "À propos d'un système des géophilomorphes". Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 5 (3): 303–340 [335].
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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 289. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.

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[brolemann1909-1] Brölemann, HW (1909). "À propos d'un système des géophilomorphes". Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 5 (3): 303–340 [335].

[chilobase-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 24 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:1-3] Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.

[4] Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 289. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.