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{{Short description|Centipede species}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Asanada
| species = agharkari
| authority = Gravely, 1912
| range_map = Asanada agharkari range.png
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = *''Asanada agharkari agharkari'' Gravely, 1912
*''Asanada agharkari singhbhumensis'' Gravely, 1912
}}

'''''Asanada agharkari''''' is a species of small [[Scolopendridae|Scolopendrid]] centipede in the subfamily [[Scolopendridae|Scolopendrinae]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Indian Museum. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41773 |title=Records of the Indian Museum |last2=Museum |first2=Indian |last3=India |first3=Zoological Survey of |date=1912 |publisher=Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum |volume=7 |location=Calcutta}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Asanada agharkari (Gravely, 1912) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/157476453 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref>

== Appearance ==
''Asanada agharkari'' is small, measuring between {{Convert|13 and 32|mm|in|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> The antennae have 17 articles, though Gravely initially described the species with 17-18.<ref name=":2" /> They are dark reddish-purple in colour, but fade to pale brown or grey when preserved in alcohol.<ref name=":0" />

=== Subspecies ===

==== ''Asanada agharkari singhbhumensis'' ====
''Asanada agharkari singhbhumensis'' is found in the [[Singhbhum district]], and is distinguishable from ''A. a. agharkari'' only by colour; it is grey with a dark line down the middle of its trunk.<ref name=":0" />

== Taxonomy ==
''Asanada agharkari'' was initially described by [[F. H. Gravely|Frederic Henry Gravely]] in 1912 in the seventh volume of the ''[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10294 Records of the Indian Museum]'', a journal based in Calcutta.<ref name=":0" /> He gave it the genus name ''Pseudcryptops'' (Pocock, 1891), a name which has since been synonymized with ''Asanada'', and also described two subspecies: ''A. a. agharkari'' and ''A. a. singhbhumensis''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Pseudocryptops |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1090771#null |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.itis.gov}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The last taxonomic review was done in 1978 by [[B. S. Jangi|Jangi]] and [[C. M. S. Dass|Dass]], in the same paper that synonymized ''Pseudocryptops'' with ''Asanada''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=.:CHILOBASE:. |url=https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/559 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=chilobase.biologia.unipd.it}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Jangi |first1=B.S. |last2=Dass |first2=C.M.S. |date=August 1978 |title=Identity and redescription of the Indian centipede''Pseudocryptops agharkari''Gravely (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770281 |journal=Journal of Natural History |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=423–426 |doi=10.1080/00222937800770281 |issn=0022-2933|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khanna |first=Vinod |date=1994 |title=CENTIPEDE FAUNA OF CORBETT NATIONAL PARK, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (CHILOPODA : SCOLOPENDROMORPHA : SCOLOPBNDRIDAE) |url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/094/02-04/0329-0350.pdf |journal=Records of the Zoological Survey of India |volume=94 |pages=329–350}}</ref>

The type specimens are alcohol-preserved at the Zoological Survey of India in Calcutta. There is one adult and one juvenile, both are slightly damaged and have suffered decolourization due to long preservation.<ref name=":2" />

== Distribution ==
''A. agharkari'' is endemic to India and is found the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], as well as the states of [[Bihar]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Odisha|Odisha (Orissa)]], and [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khanna |first=V. |date=2006 |title=A checklist of centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from central India |journal=Zoos' Print Journal |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=2164–2166 |doi=10.11609/JOTT.ZPJ.1427.2164-6|s2cid=76547729 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] (of the [[lectotype]]) is Koyna Valley in the [[Western Ghats]], in [[Satara district|Satara District]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=":3" />

== References ==

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[[Category:Centipedes of India]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1912]]
[[Category:Asanada|agharkari]]

Asanada agharkari - Revision history

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