Anarrup
Sign in to saveAnarrup is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. This genus includes only two species, A. nesiotes and A. flavipes. Each of these species is found in Indonesia: A. nesiotes is found in Sulawesi, and A. flavipes is found in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Both species in this genus have 41 pairs of legs.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassChilopoda
- OrderGeophilomorpha
- FamilyMecistocephalidae
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Anarrup is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. This genus includes only two species, A. nesiotes and A. flavipes. Each of these species is found in Indonesia: A. nesiotes is found in Sulawesi, and A. flavipes is found in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Both species in this genus have 41 pairs of legs.
== Discovery and taxonomy == This genus was first described in 1920 by the American biologist Ralph V. Chaberlin to contain the newly discovered type species A. nesiotes. He based the original description of this species on specimens collected in 1896 in South Sulawesi in Indonesia. These specimens were found at an elevation of 5,000 feet above sea level.