New species of Tygarrup centipedes from Xizang, China (Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)

By

Jiang, Chao
Fan, Jiabo
You, Chun-Xue
Li, Weichun
Huang, Luqi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-2-26

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

101

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

533--550

Subjects

Biodiversity , key , new record , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.141741

 

Abstract

Prior to this study, the genus Tygarrup Chamberlin, 1914, is known to contain only two species in Xizang, China. New records derived from multiple collections allow for the distribution ranges of six species to be refined: Tygarrup tridentatus Jiang & Huang, sp. nov., Tygarrup cerrus Jiang & Huang, sp. nov., Tygarrup multiporus Jiang & Huang, sp. nov., and Tygarrup fimbriatus Jiang & Huang, sp. nov. are described as new. Tygarrup muminabadicus Titova, 1965, was first reported in the fauna of Xizang. Tygarrup poriger (Verhoeff, 1942) is rediscovered and redescribed, and Tygarrup nepalensis Shinohara, 1965 is synonymized with T. poriger. Remarks are provided for all encountered species, and a key to all Tygarrup species in China is presented.