Ribautia peruana (Verhoeff,1941)



Ribautia peruana (Verhoeff,1941)

Original description: Verhoeff K.W. (1951). Chilopoden und Diplopoden. In: E. Titschck (ed.), Beiträge zur Fauna Perus - Hamburg, 1(2): 5-80, see p. 67.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Schizoribautia Brölemann, 1912

Type locality: Südperu, Sivia

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Pereira L.A., Minelli A., Barbieri F. (1995). Description of nine new centipede species from Amazonia and related matters on Neotropical geophilomorphs (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) - Amazoniana, 13: 325-418, see p. 325.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Peru

Notes: Considered a junior synonym of Ribautia seydi Ribaut, 1923 by Kraus (1957 - Senckenbergiana Biologica, 38: 373), but actually different from this latter species according to Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri (1995 - Amazoniana, 13 (3-4): 325).