Tygarrup

Tygarrup is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae, native to Europe and Asia. Species in this genus can have either 43 or 45 leg-bearing segments.[1] Tygarrup javanicus has become an invasive in greenhouses in Europe.[2]

Tygarrup
Tygarrup javanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Tygarrup
Chamberlin, 1914
Species

See text

Synonyms

Brahmaputrus Verhoeff, 1942

Species

Currently accepted species include:[3]

  • Tygarrup anepipe Verhoeff, 1939
  • Tygarrup crassignathus Titova, 1983
  • Tygarrup diversidens Silvestri, 1919
  • Tygarrup draco Crabill
  • Tygarrup griseoviridis Verhoeff, 1937
  • Tygarrup intermedius Chamberlin, 1914
  • Tygarrup javanicus Attems, 1929
  • Tygarrup malabarus Chamberlin R., 1944
  • Tygarrup muminabadicus Titova, 1965
  • Tygarrup nepalensis Shinohara, 1965
  • Tygarrup poriger Verhoeff, 1942
  • Tygarrup quelpartensis Paik, 1961
  • Tygarrup singaporiensis Verhoeff K.W., 1937
  • Tygarrup takarazimensis Miyosi, 1957
  • Tygarrup triporus Titova, 1983

References
  1. Bonato, Lucio; Dányi, László; Minelli, Alessandro (2010). "Morphology and phylogeny of Dicellophilus, a centipede genus with a highly disjunct distribution (Chilopoda: Mecistocephalidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 158 (3): 501–532. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00557.x.
  2. Damasiewicz, Alicja; Leśniewska, Małgorzata (2020). "Tygarrup javanicus (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha) – an exotic species that has reached Poland". Polish Journal of Entomology. 1 (89): 52–58. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.0300.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Tygarrup Chamberlin, 1914". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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