Tygarrup Explained

Tygarrup is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae, found mainly in southeast Asia and from the Seychelles to Hawaii. Although species in this genus can have either 43 or 45 leg-bearing segments,[1] [2] most of these species (e.g., Tygarrup anepipe, T. daliensis, T. diversidens, T. griseoviridis, T. javanicus, T. malabrus, T. muminabadicus, T. nepalensis, T. poriger, T. singaporiensis, and T. takarazimensis[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]) have 45 leg pairs.[8] An undescribed Tygarrup species found in the Andaman Islands has 43 leg pairs.[9] Centipedes in this genus are sometimes melanised in patches, and sternal glands are present the males of most species. These centipedes range from 2 cm to 6 cm in length. Tygarrup javanicus is one of the smallest of the mecistocephalid species (only 20 mm long) and has become an invasive in greenhouses in Europe.[10] [11]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[12] [13]

Notes and 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 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00557.x.
  2. 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 .
  3. Bonato . Lucio . Foddai . Donatella . Minelli . Alessandro . 2003 . Evolutionary trends and patterns in centipede segment number based on a cladistic analysis of Mecistocephalidae (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha): Evolution of segment number in Mecistocephalidae . Systematic Entomology . en . 28 . 4 . 539–579 . 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00217.x.
  4. Chao . Jui-Lung . Lee . Kwen-Shen . Yang . Zi-Zhong . Chang . Hsueh-Wen . 2020 . Two new species of centipedes, Tygarrup daliensis sp. nov. (Mecistocephalidae) and Australobius cangshanensis sp. nov. (Lithobiidae), from Southwestern China . Opuscula Zoologica . 51 . Supplementum 2 . 57–67 . 10.18348/opzool.2020.s2.57 . 0237-5419. free .
  5. Silvestri . F. . 1919 . Contributions to a knowledge of the Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of India . Records of the Indian Museum . 16 . 45–107 [76–78] . 10.5962/bhl.part.25916 . 87839550 . Biodiversity Heritage Library. free .
  6. Chamberlin . Ralph V. . 1944 . Some chilopods from the Indo-Australian Archipelago . Notulae Naturae . 147 . 1–14 [6]. 9781604831474 .
  7. Verhoeff . K.W. . 1937 . Chilopoden aus Malacca nach den Objecten des Raffles Museum in Singapore . Bulletin of the Raffles Museum . German . 13 . 198–270 [236] . National University of Singapore.
  8. Titova . Lidia P. . 1981 . Two new Tygarrup Chamb. (Chilopoda, Geophilida, Mecistocephalidae) from Indochina . Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie . 85 . 147–156 . 41766660 . 0255-0105.
  9. Book: Bonato . Lucio . The Myriapoda. Volume 1 . Edgecombe . Gregory D. . Zapparoli . Marzio . 2011 . Brill . 2011 . 978-90-04-18826-6 . Minelli . Alessandro . Leiden . 363–443 . Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview . 812207443.
  10. Tuf . Ivan Hadrián . Mock . Andrej . Dvořák . Libor . 2018-06-01 . An exotic species spreads through Europe: Tygarrup javanicus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae) is reported from the Slovakia and the Czech Republic . Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology . en . 21 . 2 . 560–562 . 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.03.004 . 89794909 . 1226-8615.
  11. 10.5604/01.3001.0014.0300 . Tygarrup javanicus (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha) – an exotic species that has reached Poland . 2020 . Damasiewicz . Alicja . Leśniewska . Małgorzata . Polish Journal of Entomology . 1 . 89 . 52–58 . free .
  12. Web site: Bonato . L. . Chagas Junior . A. . Edgecombe . G.D. . Lewis . J.G.E. . Minelli . A. . Pereira . L.A. . Shelley . R.M. . Stoev . P. . Zapparoli . M. . 2016 . ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) . 2023-02-28 . chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.
  13. Web site: Tygarrup Chamberlin, 1914 . gbif.org . GBIF Secretariat . GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. . 17 July 2020 .

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