''Rhysida'' is a large
genus
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of Scolopendromorph
centipede
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s in the subfamily
Otostigminae. It is the second largest genus in the subfamily Otostigminae, with species found in the
Neotropics
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Definition
In biogeog ...
,
Indo-Malaya, and
Africa
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. It shares some morphological characteristics with the genus ''
Alluropus,'' and its
phylogeny
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in the subfamily Otostigminae is somewhat uncertain.
Species
There are about 40 species:
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Rhysida afra'' (Southern Africa, Bangladesh, Bhutan)
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Rhysida anodonta'' (Mozambique)
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Rhysida braziliensis'' (Brazil)
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Rhysida calcarata'' (Southeast Asia)
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Rhysida carinulata'' (Australasia)
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Rhysida celeris'' (Latin America) -
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Rhysida ceylonica'' (Sri Lanka)
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Rhysida chacona'' (Argentina)
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Rhysida corbetti'' (India)
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Rhysida crassispina'' (India)
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Rhysida ikhalama'' (India:
Arunachal Pradesh
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)
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Rhysida immarginata'' (Congo, Sudan, Indo-Malaya, Latin America)
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Rhysida intermedia'' (Tanzania)
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Rhysida jonesi'' (Mauritius)
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Rhysida konda'' (India:
Orissa
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)
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Rhysida leviventer'' (Laos)
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Rhysida lewisi'' (India:
Karnataka
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)
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Rhysida lithobioides'' (Somalia, Sumatra)
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Rhysida longicarinulata'' (India)
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Rhysida longicornis'' (
Socotra
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)
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Rhysida longipes'' (Latin America, Florida, Eastern Africa,
Chagos Archipelago
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, Mauritius, East Asia, Indo-Malaysia) -
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Rhysida manchurica'' (China:
Manchuria
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)
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Rhysida marginata'' (Vietnam)
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Rhysida monalii'' (India:
Uttaranchal)
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Rhysida monticola'' (
Sarawak
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)
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Rhysida neocrassispina'' (India:
Tamil Nadu
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)
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Rhysida nuda'' (Eastern Australia)
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Rhysida pazhuthara'' (India:
Kerala
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)
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Rhysida polyacantha'' (Australia)
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Rhysida riograndensis'' (Brazil)
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Rhysida rubra'' (Brazil)
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Rhysida sada'' (India:
Maharashtra
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)
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Rhysida singaporiensis'' (
Bali
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, Singapore)
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Rhysida stuhlmanni'' (East Africa, Malaysia)
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Rhysida suvana'' (Fiji)
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Rhysida togoensis'' (Central Africa)
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Rhysida trispinosa'' (India: Maharashtra)
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Rhysida ventrisulcus'' (Congo)
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Rhysida yanagiharai'' (Japan?)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q6509534
Animals described in 1862