''Rhysida longipes'', sometimes known as minor blue leg, is a species of
centipede
Centipedes (from Neo-Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, ...
s in the family
Scolopendridae
Scolopendridae (or, in older documents, Scolopendridæ), from Ancient Greek σκόλοψ (''skólops''), meaning "thorn", and ἔντερον (''énteron''), meaning "earthworm", is a family of large centipedes (class Chilopoda).
Description
Nea ...
. Three subspecies are recognized.
It is sometimes used as a pet in some countries.
Subspecies
*''Rhysida longipes afghanistana''
*''Rhysida longipes malayica''
*''Rhysida longipes simplicior''
References
*Newport G. (1845). Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19: 265-302, 349-439, see p. 411.
External links
*http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201600048013
Establishment of the Adventive Centipede Rhysida longipes longipes (Newport, 1845; Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in South Florida 2015
XIII.—SPERMATELEOSIS IN THE CENTIPEDE RHYSIDA LONGIPESEstablishment of the Adventive Centipede Rhysida longipes longipes (Newport, 1845; Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in South FloridaRhysida longipes longipes (Newport, 1845) in the Chagos Islands, Indian Ocean (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae).
longipes
Animals described in 1845
Taxa named by George Newport
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