Rhysida celeris

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| taxon = Rhysida celeris

| authority = (Humbert & Saussure, 1870)

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|Branchiostoma celer Humbert & Saussure, 1870

|Trematoptychus celeris Chamberlin, 1914

|R. c. andina Bücherl, 1953

|R. caripensis Gonzaléz-Sponga, 2002

|R. neoespartana Gonzaléz-Sponga, 2002

|R. guayanica Gonzaléz-Sponga, 2002

|R. maritima Gonzaléz-Sponga, 2002

|R. monaguensis Gonzaléz-Sponga, 2002

|R. porlamerensis Gonzaléz-Sponga, 2002

|R. sucupanensis Gonzaléz-Sponga, 2002

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| synonyms_ref = Chagas Junior A (2013) A redescription of Rhysida celeris (Humbert & Saussure, 1870), with a proposal of eight new synonyms (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae, Otostigminae). ZooKeys 258: 17-29. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.258.4675

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Rhysida celeris, the blue-legged centipede, is a species of centipede in the subfamily Otostigminae.{{Cite journal |last=Junior |first=Amazonas Chagas |date=2013-01-14 |title=A redescription of Rhysida celeris (Humbert & Saussure, 1870), with a proposal of eight new synonyms (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae, Otostigminae) |url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3632/ |journal=ZooKeys |language=en |volume=258 |pages=17–29 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.258.4675 |issn=1313-2970|doi-access=free |pmc=3591754 }} CC-BY 3.0{{Cite web |title=Rhysida celeris Humbert & Saussure, 1870 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2232123 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} It is found across Latin America and the Caribbean islands.{{Cite web |last=F |first=Aléssio |date=2020-04-20 |title=Rhysida celeris - Portal de Zoologia de Pernambuco |url=https://www.portal.zoo.bio.br/media660 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Portal de Zoologia de Pernambuco |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}{{Cite web |title=Rhysida celeris {{!}} Myriatrix |url=https://myriatrix.myspecies.info/content/rhysida-celeris |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=myriatrix.myspecies.info |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=.:CHILOBASE:. |url=https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/592 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=chilobase.biologia.unipd.it}} It is one of the most common and widespread species of its genus in the neotropical region, and sometimes enters houses. It can be found at a variety of altitudes, from sea level to mountains 1250 m above sea level.

Appearance

Amazonas Chagas-Júnior described the colouration of the centipede thus: "General body color light blue or olive green, sternites and legs light blue or yellowish; prefemur and femur of the ultimate legs light blue, sometimes tibiae and tarsi are pale."

Rhysida celeris is a smallish species, growing between {{Convert|4 and 7|cm|in}} in length. Its antennae are flexible, and long, and are divided into 17 to 21 segments. The first three segments of the antennae are hairless, the remaining ones are densely bristly.{{Cite book |last=Godman |first=Frederick Du Cane |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14599 |title=Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology |last2=Horman-Fisher |first2=Maud |last3=Knight |first3=H. |last4=Salvin |first4=Osbert |last5=Saunders |first5=G. S. |last6=Schlereth |first6=M. v |last7=Sharp |first7=M. A. |last8=Wilson |first8=Edwin |last9=Wulp |first9=F. M. van der |date=1910 |publisher=Published for the editors by R. H. Porter] |location=[London}} Its head (cephalic plate) is slightly wider than long, and smooth except for a median groove. The ultimate legs are long and thin, measuring up to {{Convert|2.2|cm|in}}.

Rhysida celeris can be distinguished from Rhysida brasiliensis, a morphologically similar species, by the sutures on its segments and the length of the ultimate legs.

References

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49236#page/11/mode/1up Original description]

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Category:Animals described in 1870