Nannarrup

Nannarrup
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Chilopoda
Order:
Geophilomorpha
Family:
Mecistocephalidae
Genus:
Nannarrup

Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003 [1]
Species:
N. hoffmani
Binomial name
Nannarrup hoffmani
Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003 [1]

Nannarrup is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae; this genus includes a single species, Nannarrup hoffmani,[2][3] also known as Hoffman's dwarf centipede.[4] This centipede was discovered in Central Park in New York City and was the first new species to be discovered in that park in more than a century.[4] This species is the smallest species in the family Mecistocephalidae, reaching only 10.3 mm in length, and has only 41 pairs of legs, the minimum number recorded in this family.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Nannarrup hoffmani Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003". ChiloBase. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  2. ^ Bonato, L.; Chagas Junior, A.; Edgecombe, G.D.; Lewis, J.G.E.; Minelli, A.; Pereira, L.A.; Shelley, R.M.; Stoev, P.; Zapparoli, M. (2016). "Nannarrup Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ "ITIS - Report: Nannarrup". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  4. ^ a b Barbara Stewart (2002-07-24). "A new kind of New Yorker, one with 82 legs". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Foddai, Donatella; Bonato, Lucio; Pereira, Luis Alberto; Minelli, Alessandro (2003). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Arrupinae (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae) with the description of a new dwarfed species". Journal of Natural History. 37 (10): 1247–1267. Bibcode:2003JNatH..37.1247F. doi:10.1080/00222930210121672. ISSN 0022-2933.
  6. ^ 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 [249]. doi:10.1163/18759866-08403004. hdl:11577/3146565. ISSN 1875-9866.