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Arrup is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. This genus contains sixteen species. These centipedes are found mainly in temperate regions of East Asia with some species found in Central Asia and California. Most species in this genus are soil-dwellers, but the Japanese species Arrup akiyoshiensis was discovered in a cave and might be a troglobiont.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassChilopoda
  4. OrderGeophilomorpha
  5. FamilyMecistocephalidae

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mecistocephalidae
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taxon name
Arrup
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Arrup
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