Rhysida longipes (Newport,1845)
Rhysida longipes (Newport,1845)
Original description: 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.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Branchiostoma Newport, 1845
Type locality: not stated
Synonym(s):
- 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 Loksa, 1971
- Rhysida longipes brevicornis Takakuwa, 1934
- Rhysida longipes malayica Verhoeff, 1937
- Branchiostoma longipes rotundatum Haase, 1887
- Rhysida longipes simplicior Chamberlin, 1920
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Lewis J.G.E. (2002). The scolopendromorph centipedes of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) - Journal of Natural History , 36: 79-106, see p. 86.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Chagos Archipelago; Madagascar; Mauritius; Somalia; Tanzania
-- within Southern America: Haiti; St.Kitts-Nevis; Virgin Is.
Notes: The nominate subspecies has been introduced into southern Florida and could be established there (Shelley & Edwards, 2004 - Ent. News, 115: 116). Records from Australia are actually referrable to Rhysida nuda (Newport, 1845).
