Agnostrup Explained

Agnostrup is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae, native to Europe and Asia. Centipedes in this genus feature small telopodites without claws on the second maxillae and a robust basal denticle on the forcipular tarsungulum. These centipedes range from 2 cm to 3 cm in length.^[1] All species in this genus have 41 leg-bearing segments.^{[2] [3]}

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[4]

• Agnostrup paucipes Miyosi, 1955
• Agnostrup striatus Takakuwa, 1949
• Agnostrup striganovae Titova, 1975

Notes and References

1. Book: Bonato . Lucio . The Myriapoda. Volume 1 . Edgecombe . Gregory D. . Zapparoli . Marzio . Brill . 2011 . 978-90-04-18826-6 . Minelli . Alessandro . Leiden . 363–443 . Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview . 812207443.
2. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00557.x . Morphology and phylogeny of Dicellophilus, a centipede genus with a highly disjunct distribution (Chilopoda: Mecistocephalidae) . 2010 . Bonato . Lucio . Dányi . László . Minelli . Alessandro . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 158 . 3 . 501–532 .
3. Dyachkov . Yurii V. . Bonato . Lucio . 2022-04-14 . Morphology and distribution of the Middle Asian centipede genus Krateraspis Lignau, 1929 (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae) . ZooKeys . en . 1095 . 143–164 . 10.3897/zookeys.1095.80806 . 1313-2970 . 9023436 . 35836682 . free .
4. Web site: Agnostrup Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003 . gbif.org . GBIF Secretariat . GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. . 17 July 2020 .