{"id":374225,"date":"2026-10-22T14:24:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=374225"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:54:40","slug":"three-new-centipede-species-discovered-in-western-ghats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/three-new-centipede-species-discovered-in-western-ghats\/","title":{"rendered":"Three New Centipede Species Discovered in Western Ghats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Researchers in Kerala and Karnataka have discovered three new centipede species in the Western Ghats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Three New Centipede Species Discovered in Western Ghats<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/researchmatters.in\/tenancy\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792095542_1.webp?resize=343%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three new centipede species discovered in Western Ghats\" width=\"343\" height=\"193\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Matters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Researchers in Kerala and Karnataka have discovered<strong> three new centipede species in the Western Ghats.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>three species<\/strong> have been named &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rhysida quadrispinosa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rhysida coorgensis <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rhysida neyyarensis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Genus:<\/strong> They belongs to the<strong> centipede genus <em>Rhysida<\/em> Wood, 1862.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"yellow-h2-box\"><strong>About <\/strong><strong>Rhysida quadrispinosa<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been <strong>named after the four distinctive spines on its legs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distinctive feature:<\/strong> It has <strong>four spines on the underside and lateral edge of a section of its hind legs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>found to have 18 segments in its antennae.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"yellow-h2-box\"><strong>About Rhysida coorgensis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been named after the Coorg region of Karnataka.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distinctive feature: <\/strong>It was<strong> identified by the distinctive markings<\/strong> on its back and the structure of the spines near the rear part of its body.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>shares some similarities with <em>Rhysida ikhalama<\/em>,<\/strong> but differences in its internal structures set it apart as a distinct species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"yellow-h2-box\"><strong>About Rhysida neyyarensis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been<strong> named after the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong> in Kerala.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distinctive feature: <\/strong>It is <strong>characterised by the number and arrangement of the small spines on its legs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two tarsal spurs were found on each leg<\/strong> from the first through the nineteenth pair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> <\/span>With this discovery, the count of <strong>India&#8217;s <em>Rhysida<\/em> species reaches to 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Researchers in Kerala and Karnataka have discovered three new centipede species in the Western Ghats. About Three New Centipede Species Discovered in Western Ghats Researchers in Kerala and Karnataka have discovered three new centipede species in the Western Ghats. The three species have been named &#8211; Rhysida quadrispinosa Rhysida coorgensis Rhysida neyyarensis Genus: They&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/three-new-centipede-species-discovered-in-western-ghats\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three New Centipede Species Discovered in Western Ghats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-374225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}