Ribautia proxima Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1995

Pereira, Luis A., Uliana, Marco & Minelli, Alessandro, 2006, New species and new records of the genus Ribautia Brölemann, 1909 (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) from South America, Zootaxa 1106, pp. 45-68 : 66-67

Ribautia proxima Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1995

Ribautia (Ribautia) proxima Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri 1995 , Amazoniana 13 (3–4): 325, 331– 333, figs. 88–122

The species was hitherto known only from the type locality: Brazil: Amazonas: Reserva Florestal A. Ducke. We have recently identified material from the following additional localities: Brazil: Amazonas: secondary upland forest (02º 34' S 60º 06' W), capoeira, 7.11.1990, M. O. de A. Ribeiro leg.: 1 juvenile (Ψ?), 79 p. l., b.l. 14 mm (INPA); ibid., 3.1.1991: 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of spermatozoa and with mature ova, 81 p. l., b.l. 32 mm; 2 juveniles (ɗɗ?), 75 and 77 p. l., b.l. 14 mm; 1 juvenile (Ψ?), 81 p. l., b.l. 19 mm; 2 juveniles (incomplete) (AM). Brazil: Amazonas: Rio Tarumã Mirím, capoeira, 25.4.1983, J. Adis leg.: 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of mature spermatozoa, 79 p. l., b.l. 32 mm (MLP). Guyane Française: Piste de St. Elie: 16 Km from Sinnamary, J.­M. Betsch leg.: 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of spermatozoa, 73 p. l., b.l. 26 mm, 5.5.1980 (MNHN); 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of spermatozoa, 75 p. l., b.l. 25 mm, 9.5.1980 (MNHN); 1 ɗ with tubula seminifera full of mature spermatozoa, 73 p. l., b.l. 21 mm; 1 juv. (sex?) with only 3+3 coxal organs, 75 p. l., b.l. 10 mm, 5.6.1981 (MNHN).

The recently studied material includes specimens with number of leg pairs other than those recorded thus far, i.e. ɗɗ with 81 pairs of legs.