Ruhbergia
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''Ruhbergia'' is a genus of
velvet worms Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...
in the family Peripatopsidae. All species in this genus are ovoviviparous (with yolky ova) and have 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. They are found in New South Wales,
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
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Species

The genus contains the following species: * '' Ruhbergia bifalcata'' Reid, 1996 * '' Ruhbergia brevicorna'' Reid, 1996 * '' Ruhbergia rostroides'' Reid, 1996


References

Onychophorans of Australasia Onychophoran genera Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist) {{Onychophora-stub