Ribautia aggregata is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1915 by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann.[1][2] Females of this species have 67 to 71 pairs of legs and are about 50 mm long.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Ribautia |
| Species: | R. aggregata
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Distribution
editThe species occurs in New South Wales.[3]
Behaviour
editThe centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Brölemann, HW (1915). "Description of a new species of Myriapoda from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 40 (4): 683–684 [683]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.18888.
- ^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Ribautia aggregata (Brölemann, 1915)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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