''Ruhbergia'' is a genus of
velvet worms
Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...
in the family
Peripatopsidae. All species in this genus are
ovoviviparous (with yolky
ova) and have 15 pairs of legs in both sexes.
They are found in
New South Wales,
Australia
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.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Ruhbergia bifalcata''
Reid, 1996
* ''
Ruhbergia brevicorna''
Reid, 1996
* ''
Ruhbergia rostroides''
Reid, 1996
References
Onychophorans of Australasia
Onychophoran genera
Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist)
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