Ribautia is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann in 1909. Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 7 cm in length and can have as few as 31 or as many as 125 pairs of legs. Ribautia taeniata has up to 125 leg pairs, which is the maximum number found not only in this genus but also in the family Geophilidae. Species There are over 50 valid species, including: Ribautia aggregata (Brölemann, 1915) Ribautia conifera (Attems, 1911) Ribautia derrana (Chamberlin, 1920) Ribautia dietrichiae (Verhoeff, 1925) Ribautia imparata (Attems, 1911) Ribautia mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1925) Ribautia rainbowi (Brölemann, 1912) Ribautia repanda (Attems, 1911) Ribautia wheeleri (Chamberlin, 1920) References Centipede genera Animals described in 1909 Taxa named by Henry Wilfred Brolemann