Asanada agharkari | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Genus: | Asanada |
Species: | A. agharkari
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Binomial name | |
Asanada agharkari Gravely, 1912
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Asanada agharkari is a species of small Scolopendrid centipede in the subfamily Scolopendrinae. [1] [2]
Asanada agharkari is small, measuring between 13 and 32 mm (0.51 and 1.26 in) in length. [1] [3] The antennae have 17 articles, though Gravely initially described the species with 17-18. [3] They are dark reddish-purple in colour, but fade to pale brown or grey when preserved in alcohol. [1]
Asanada agharkari singhbhumensis is found in the Singhbhum district, and is distinguishable from A. a. agharkari only by colour; it is grey with a dark line down the middle of its trunk. [1]
Asanada agharkari was initially described by Frederic Henry Gravely in 1912 in the seventh volume of the Records of the Indian Museum, a journal based in Calcutta. [1] He gave it the genus name Pseudcryptops (Pocock, 1891), a name which has since been synonymized with Asanada, and also described two subspecies: A. a. agharkari and A. a. singhbhumensis. [4] [1] [2] The last taxonomic review was done in 1978 by Jangi and Dass, in the same paper that synonymized Pseudocryptops with Asanada. [5] [3] [6]
The type specimens are alcohol-preserved at the Zoological Survey of India in Calcutta. There is one adult and one juvenile, both are slightly damaged and have suffered decolourization due to long preservation. [3]
A. agharkari is endemic to India and is found the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as the states of Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha (Orissa), and Madhya Pradesh. [7] The type locality (of the lectotype) is Koyna Valley in the Western Ghats, in Satara District in Maharashtra. [5]
Asanada agharkari | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Genus: | Asanada |
Species: | A. agharkari
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Binomial name | |
Asanada agharkari Gravely, 1912
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Subspecies | |
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Asanada agharkari is a species of small Scolopendrid centipede in the subfamily Scolopendrinae. [1] [2]
Asanada agharkari is small, measuring between 13 and 32 mm (0.51 and 1.26 in) in length. [1] [3] The antennae have 17 articles, though Gravely initially described the species with 17-18. [3] They are dark reddish-purple in colour, but fade to pale brown or grey when preserved in alcohol. [1]
Asanada agharkari singhbhumensis is found in the Singhbhum district, and is distinguishable from A. a. agharkari only by colour; it is grey with a dark line down the middle of its trunk. [1]
Asanada agharkari was initially described by Frederic Henry Gravely in 1912 in the seventh volume of the Records of the Indian Museum, a journal based in Calcutta. [1] He gave it the genus name Pseudcryptops (Pocock, 1891), a name which has since been synonymized with Asanada, and also described two subspecies: A. a. agharkari and A. a. singhbhumensis. [4] [1] [2] The last taxonomic review was done in 1978 by Jangi and Dass, in the same paper that synonymized Pseudocryptops with Asanada. [5] [3] [6]
The type specimens are alcohol-preserved at the Zoological Survey of India in Calcutta. There is one adult and one juvenile, both are slightly damaged and have suffered decolourization due to long preservation. [3]
A. agharkari is endemic to India and is found the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as the states of Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha (Orissa), and Madhya Pradesh. [7] The type locality (of the lectotype) is Koyna Valley in the Western Ghats, in Satara District in Maharashtra. [5]