Asanada

{{Short description|Centipede genus}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Asanada brevicornis.jpg

| taxon = Asanada

| authority = Meinert, 1886

}}

Asanada is a genus of centipedes in the subfamily Scolopendrinae. It has thirteen known species, which usually grow between {{cvt|25-35|mm}} in length.{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=John G.E. |date=2014-04-02 |title=Paedomorphosis in the scolopendrid centipede genus Asanada (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) explains incongruence between morphological and molecular data sets |url=http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3785.1.3 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3785 |issue=1 |pages=38 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.3 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |title=Asanada Meinert 1886 names - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/18297/names |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=eol.org}} It can be distinguished from the genus Cormocephalus (= Cupipes) by having smooth (as opposed to punctured) anal pleurae, but is otherwise quite similar in appearance.{{Cite book |last=Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (Italy) |url=http://archive.org/details/annalidelmuseoci30210189091muse |title=Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova |date=1870 |publisher=Genova : Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti |others=Smithsonian Libraries}} The type species of the genus is A. brevicornis (by monotypy), the type specimen of which was collected in Kulu, India.{{Cite web |title=.:CHILOBASE:. |url=https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_genres/101 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=chilobase.biologia.unipd.it}}