Rhysida carinulata

{{Short description|Species of centipede}}

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| genus = Rhysida

| species = carinulata

| authority = (Haase, 1887){{cite journal |last1=Haase|first1=E |last2= |first2= | date=1887 |title= Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden |url= |journal= Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden |volume=5 |issue= |pages=1–118 [83] |doi= |access-date=}}

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  • Branchiotrema carinulatum Haase, 1887
  • Branchiotrema carinulatum efflata Haase, 1887
  • Branchiotrema carinulatum australicum Haase, 1887

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Rhysida carinulata is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is found in Australia and New Guinea, and was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.

Distribution

The species occurs in north-eastern coastal Queensland as well as in New Guinea.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bb0a44dc-58c0-4d56-8020-cf2f445a6331 |title= Species Rhysida carinulata (Haase, 1887) |author= |date=|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 16 February 2023}}

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.

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