''Tygarrup'' is a genus of
centipede
Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...
s in the family
Mecistocephalidae
Mecistocephalidae are a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha. It is the only family in the suborder Placodesmata. Most species in this family live in tropical or subtropical regions, but some occur in temperate regions. T ...
, found mainly in
southeast Asia
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and from the
Seychelles
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to
Hawaii
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.
Although species in this genus can have either 43 or 45 leg-bearing segments,
most of these species (e.g., ''Tygarrup anepipe'', ''T. javanicus'', ''T. muminabadicus'', ''T. nepalensis'', ''T. poriger'', and ''T. takarazimensis''
) have 45 leg pairs.
An undescribed ''Tygarrup'' species found in the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
has 43 leg pairs.
''Tygarrup javanicus'' is one of the smallest of the mecistocephalid species (only 20 mm in length) and has become an invasive in greenhouses in Europe.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Tygarrup anepipe''
Verhoeff, 1939
*''
Tygarrup crassignathus''
Titova, 1983
*''
Tygarrup diversidens''
Silvestri, 1919
*''
Tygarrup draco''
Crabill
*''
Tygarrup griseoviridis''
Verhoeff, 1937
*''
Tygarrup intermedius
''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, most of these species (e.g., '' ...
''
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
''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, most of these species (e.g., '' ...
''
Verhoeff K.W., 1937
*''
Tygarrup takarazimensis
''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, most of these species (e.g., '' ...
''
Miyosi, 1957
*''
Tygarrup triporus
''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, most of these species (e.g., '' ...
''
Titova, 1983
References
Geophilomorpha
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