| Ribautia rainbowi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Ribautia |
| Species: | R. rainbowi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ribautia rainbowi (Brölemann, 1912) | |
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Ribautia rainbowi is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1912 by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann.
Description
The original description of this species is based on a single female specimen measuring about 50 mm in length with 65 pairs of legs.
Distribution
The species occurs in New South Wales.
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.
References
- ^ Brölemann, HW (1925). "The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part I. Chilopoda". Records of the Australian Museum. 9: 37–75 . doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1912.923.
- 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.
- ^ "Species Ribautia rainbowi (Brölemann, 1912)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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| Ribautia rainbowi | |
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