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Orya barbarica
Orya barbarica from Tunisia. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Oryidae
Genus:	Orya
Species:	O. barbarica
Binomial name
Orya barbarica (Gervais, 1835)

Orya barbarica is a species of centipedes belonging to the family Oryidae.

This North African species is notable for its large size, reaching a length of 15–17 centimetres (5.9–6.7 in). This species has from 107 to 125 pairs of legs.

References

1. Biolib
2. Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
3. Chilopoda (Centipedes)
4. J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Mites
5. Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 110. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.

• J. G. E. Lewis The Biology of Centipedes

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