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Rhysida longipes Newport 1845

  • 1. Entomologie & Myriapodologie, 36 impasse des Acacias, 84260 Sarrians, France
  • 2. CIRAD, UPR GECO, F- 97285 Le Lamentin, Martinique, France & GECO, University Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France

Description

Rhysida longipes (Newport, 1845)

Fig. 14

Terra typica: West Indies (Joshi et al. 2020).

Recent material from Martinique. 1 spm, HC from deadwood on the ground, La Trinité, Pointe Rouge, SF, 32 m a.s.l., lat.14,75887, long. -60,93308, leg. MC, 11.11.2018 (CBGP, FAUN 17325); 1 spm, HC from deadwood on the ground, Marigot, SF, 5 m a.s.l., lat.14,83026, long. -61,03833, leg. MC, 31.01.2019 (CAEC, 164); 1 spm, HC, Le Lamentin, Petit Morne, CIRAD station, BN, 15 m a.s.l., lat.14,62125, long. -60,96914, leg. MC, 18.04.2017 (CAEC, 230); 1 spm, PFT, La Trinité, BN, 30 m a.s.l., lat.14,7095, long. -60,94972, leg. MEJ, 15.15.07.2019 (CAEC, 1348); 1 spm, HC, Le Lamentin, Petit Morne, CIRAD station, BN, 15 m a.s.l., lat.14,62125, long. - 60,969 14, leg. MC, 16.07.2019 (CAEC, 3068); 1 spm, PFT, Le Lamentin, Sarrault, BN, 17 m a.s.l., lat.14,63471, long. -60,97563, leg. IAB, 09.06.2017 (CAEC, 16322); 1 spm, HC, La Trinité, Tartane, GR, 14 m a.s.l., lat.14.7459, long. -60.9436, leg. Regis Delannoye, 15.15.07.2019 (CAEC, 5117); 1 spm, HC, Le Diamant, Rocher du Diamant, 10 m a.s.l., lat.14,44387, long. -61,03797, leg. MC, 22.10.2019 (CAEC, 5192); 1 spm, HC, Fort-de-France, Didier, GR, 105 m a.s.l., lat.14,62116, long. -61,07907, leg. MC, 22.10.2019 (CAEC, 5451); 1 spm, TE, Basse-pointe, Eyma farm, Bourguignon Bas, BN, 73 m a.s.l., lat.14,85655, long. -61,10911, leg. MC, 19.07.2019 (CAEC, 8746); 2 spms, HC, Le Vauclin, Petite Grenade, BN, 9 m a.s.l., lat.14,54774, long. -60,84885, leg. QG, 03.12.2020 (CBGP, 17327); 1 spm, HC, Le Lamentin, Exploitation Petit Morne, BN, 10 m a.s.l., lat.14,60838, long. -60,98023, leg. QG, 14.04.2022 (CAEC, 12110); 1 spm, HC in compost, Fort-de-France, Didier, GR, 105 m a.s.l., lat.14,62116, long. -61,07907, leg. MC, 01.09.2020 (CBGP, FAUN 17326).

Additional material. Vietnam, Dong Nai Province, 1 juv (ZMMU, Rc 6633); Cambodia, Rattanakiri Province, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7003); Indonesia, Maluku Utara Province (North Moluccas), 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7887); Philippines, Cebu Island, 1 sad. (ZMMU, Rc 7163); Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa Province, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7455); Pakistan / Iran, Makran Coast, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7068); Venezuela (?), 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7018); Peru, Loreto Province, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 6683).

Diagnosis. See Waldock & Lewis (2014: 77), Siriwut et al. (2018: 1018).

Ecology in Martinique. Not very widespread (as, for example, S. subspinipes), but abundant in man-made habitats (e.g. gardens and cultivated areas), probably due to a later introduction.

Range (after Shelley et al. 2005: 40, Waldock & Lewis 2014: 77, Siriwut et al. 2018: 1017; corrected and supplemented by ZMMU’s data). East (Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen) and West Africa; Madagascar; Seychelles; Mauritius; Pakistan / Iran (Makran coast); Israel (Golan Hights); China (with no locality); Taiwan; India (Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttra Pradesh, Terai); Ceylon (= Sri Lanka); Malaysia (Perak State); Thailand; Laos; Myanma; Cambodia (Rattanakiri Province); Vietnam (Dong Nai and Lam Dong Provinces); Philippines (Manilla; Cebu Island); Australia (with no precise locality); Papua New Guinea (East New Britain Province); Indonesia (Maluku Islands; Ambon Island; Celebes; Java); Chagos Islands. Introduced into: Caribbean (Haiti; Martinique), Central America, Venezuela (?), Peru (Loreto Region), USA (Florida).

Remarks. Australian records of R. longipes were discounted by Koch (1985). This Old World species is quite widespread in the tropics; it appears to have been brought into the New World by human activity and not by the natural factors; it seems to be acclimatized well in Martinique.

Notes

Published as part of Schileyko, Arkady, Iorio, Etienne & Coulis, Mathieu, 2024, A synthesis on the scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) of Martinique, with description of Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) amicitia n. sp. and new data on some Neotropical scolopendromorphs, pp. 563-599 in Zootaxa 5486 (4) on page 575, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13210600

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMMU
Scientific name authorship
Newport
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Rhysida
Species
longipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhysida longipes Newport, 1845 sec. Schileyko, Iorio & Coulis, 2024

References

  • Waldock, J. M. & Lewis, J. G. E. (2014) Recent collections of centipedes from Christmas Island (Myriapoda: Chilopoda). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, 30, 71-80.
  • Siriwut, W., Edgecombe, G. D., Sutcharit, C., Tongkerd, P. & Panha, S. (2018) Systematic revision and phylogenetic reassessment of the centipede genera Rhysida Wood, 1862 and Alluropus Silvestri, 1912 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in Southeast Asia, with further discussion of the subfamily Otostigminae. Invertebrate Systematics, 32, 1005-1049. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS17081
  • Shelley, R. M., Edwards, G. B. & Chagas-Junior, A. (2005) Introduction of the centipede Scolopendra morsitans L., 1758, into Norteastern Florida, the first authentic North American record, and a review of its global occurrences (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Entomological News, 116 (1), 39-58.
  • Koch, L. E. (1985) A new genus and species of scolopendrid centipede from South-Western Australia (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Journal of Natural History, 19, 191-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938500770121