Arrup obtusus (Takakuwa,1934)



Arrup obtusus (Takakuwa,1934)

Original description: Takakuwa Y. (1934). Neue Japanische Mecistocephalidae - Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 14: 355-363, see p. 358.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Prolamnonyx Silvestri, 1919

Type locality: Tokyo

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Foddai D., Bonato L., Pereira L.A., Minelli A. (2003). Phylogeny and systematics of the Arrupinae (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae) with the description of a new dwarfed species - Journal of Natural History , 37: 1247-1267, see p. 1261.

Distribution:

-- within Asia-Temperate: Honshu

Notes: The synonymy with Arrup holstii was suspected by Crabill (1964 - Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 77: 166)