Rhysida

Rhysida is a large genus of Scolopendromorph centipedes in the subfamily Otostigminae. It is the second largest genus in the subfamily Otostigminae, with species found in the Neotropics, Indo-Malaya, and Africa. It shares some morphological characteristics with the genus Alluropus, and its phylogeny in the subfamily Otostigminae is somewhat uncertain.

== Species == There are about 40 species: Rhysida afra (Southern Africa, Bangladesh, Bhutan) Rhysida anodonta (Mozambique) Rhysida braziliensis (Brazil) Rhysida calcarata (Southeast Asia) Rhysida carinulata (Australasia) Rhysida celeris (Latin America) - Rhysida ceylonica (Sri Lanka) Rhysida chacona (Argentina) Rhysida corbetti (India) Rhysida crassispina (India) Rhysida ikhalama (India: Arunachal Pradesh) Rhysida immarginata (Congo, Sudan, Indo-Malaya, Latin America) Rhysida intermedia (Tanzania) Rhysida jonesi (Mauritius) Rhysida konda (India: Orissa) Rhysida leviventer (Laos) Rhysida lewisi (India: Karnataka) Rhysida lithobioides (Somalia, Sumatra) Rhysida longicarinulata (India) Rhysida longicornis (Socotra) Rhysida longipes (Latin America, Florida, Eastern Africa, Chagos Archipelago, Mauritius, East Asia, Indo-Malaysia) - Rhysida manchurica (China: Manchuria) Rhysida marginata (Vietnam) Rhysida monalii (India: Uttaranchal) Rhysida monticola (Sarawak) Rhysida neocrassispina (India: Tamil Nadu) Rhysida nuda (Eastern Australia) Rhysida pazhuthara (India: Kerala) Rhysida polyacantha (Australia) Rhysida riograndensis (Brazil) Rhysida rubra (Brazil) Rhysida sada (India: Maharashtra) Rhysida singaporiensis (Bali, Singapore) Rhysida stuhlmanni (East Africa, Malaysia) Rhysida suvana (Fiji) Rhysida togoensis (Central Africa) Rhysida trispinosa (India: Maharashtra) Rhysida ventrisulcus (Congo) Rhysida yanagiharai (Japan?)