Tygarrup Chamberlin, 1914


Tygarrup Chamberlin, 1914

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1914). The Stanford Expedition to Brazil 1911 John C. Branner Director. The Chilopoda of Brazil - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 58: 151-221, see p. 210.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Tygarrup intermedius Chamberlin,1914 - by original designation

Synonym(s):

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Foddai D., Minelli A. (2003). Evolutionary trends and patterns in centipede segment number based on a cladistic analysis of Mecistocephalidae (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) - Systematic Entomology , 28: 539-579, see p. 549.

Valid Species:

Notes: Tygarrupa and Tygarrupius are incorrect emendations used by Verhoeff (1939).