{"id":129345,"date":"2026-10-17T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=129345"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:04:40","slug":"new-centipede-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-centipede-species\/","title":{"rendered":"New Centipede Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>New Centipede Species Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, researchers discovered three new centipede species from South India and named them as Rhysida quadrispinosa, Rhysida coorgensis and Rhysida neyyarensis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Rhysida quadrispinosa<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It got its name from the Latin-derived term <\/span><b>quadrispinosa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>four ventrolateral spines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on its ultimate leg prefemur.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>features 18 antennal articles,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> unique body segment margination starting from tergites 7\u201311, and a distinct arrangement of spines on its ultimate legs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>About Rhysida coorgensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>named after Coorg in Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where researchers first collected the specimen.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a specific paramedian suture starting points on its back plates and unique coxopleural spine configurations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>About Rhysida neyyarensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>named after the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/wildlife-sanctuaries-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a> in Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it was discovered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is distinguished by its specific pattern of <\/span><b>tarsal and tibial spurs,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> possessing two tarsal spurs on legs 1 through 19, alongside its own distinct spinal formula on the ultimate legs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Centipede<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are long, many-legged <\/span><b>invertebrates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centipedes are not insects. They are arthropods in the myriapod group and belong to the class Chilopoda.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They live in <\/span><b>damp, sheltered places such as leaf litter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, soil, under bark, beneath rocks and inside rotting logs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They have <\/span><b>segmented bodies, antennae, breathing holes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> called spiracles and one pair of legs on each body segment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Centipedes are <\/span><b>predators.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Their first pair of legs has changed into venom claws, called forcipules, which help them catch and hold prey.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/indias-centipede-family-tree-extended-with-discovery-of-three-new-species-from-south-india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Centipede Species Rhysida quadrispinosa, Rhysida coorgensis and Rhysida neyyarensis were discovered recently from South India. 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