Nannarrup

Nannarrup
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Nannarrup
Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003 
Species: N. hoffmani
Binomial name
Nannarrup hoffmani
Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003 

Nannarup is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae; this genus includes a single species, Nannarrup hoffmani, commonly known as Hoffman's dwarf centipede, which was discovered in New York City's Central Park in 2002. This species has 82 legs (41 pairs) and is only 10 mm long, the smallest size in Mecistocephalidae. This species features few coxal pores, which do not reach the dorsal side of the coxopleura.

Researchers think the species originated in East Asia and was carried to the United States in imported plants.

The species is the first new species to be discovered in Central Park in more than a century. The species is named after Dr. Richard L. Hoffman, former curator of invertebrates at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, for his role in helping to identify the species.

References

  1. ^ a b "Nannarrup hoffmani Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003". ChiloBase. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  2. ^ ".:CHILOBASE:". chilobase.biologia.unipd.it. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  3. ^ David Bjerklie (2002-08-05). "City centipede: an urban legend with real legs". Time. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c Barbara Stewart (2002-07-24). "A new kind of New Yorker, one with 82 legs". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro; Drago, Leandro; Pereira, Luis Alberto (2015-09-25). "The phylogenetic position of Dinogeophilus and a new evolutionary framework for the smallest epimorphic centipedes (Chilopoda: Epimorpha)". Contributions to Zoology. 84 (3): 237–253 . doi:10.1163/18759866-08403004. hdl:11577/3146565. ISSN 1875-9866.
  6. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
  7. ^ "Centipede enjoys hustle and bustle". BBC News. 2002-07-26.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Nannarrup hoffmani


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