Rhysida longipes

Rhysida longipes, sometimes known as Minor blue leg,[1] is a species of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae.[2] Three subspecies are recognized.[3] It is sometimes used as a pet in some countries.

Rhysida longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Chilopoda
Order:
Scolopendromorpha
Family:
Scolopendridae
Genus:
Rhysida
Species:
R. longipes
Binomial name
Rhysida longipes
(Newport, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Branchiostoma affine Kohlrausch, 1878
  • Branchiostoma gracile Kohlrausch, 1878
  • Otostigmus simplex Chamberlin, 1913
  • Rhysida yanagiharai Takakuwa, 1935
  • Rhysida longipes brevicornis Takakuwa, 1934
  • Branchiostoma longipes rotundatum Haase, 1887

Subspecies
  • Rhysida longipes afghanistana
  • Rhysida longipes malayica
  • Rhysida longipes simplicior

References
  1. "Rhysida longipes common name". BugzUK. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. "Rhysida longipes (Newport,1845)". Chilobase. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. "Rhysida longipes (Newport,1845) subspecies". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  • 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.

Establishment of the Adventive Centipede Rhysida longipes longipes (Newport, 1845; Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in South Florida 2015


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