Chileana

Chileana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Linotaeniidae
Genus:	Chileana Özdikmen, 2009
Species:	C. araucanensis
Binomial name
Chileana araucanensis (Silvestri, 1889)
Synonyms
Araucania Chamberlin, 1956 Linotaenia araucanensisSilvestri, 1899

Chileana is a genus of soil centipedes formerly placed in the family Linotaeniidae, which is now deemed to be a clade in the family Geophilidae. ^[1] Centipedes in this genus are found in southern Chile. ^[2] This genus currently includes only one species, C. araucanensis. ^[1] Females of this species are about 30mm long, with a pale yellow body and a red head; bearing 12–15 pleural pores; long, tapering antennae with sparse basal sections and rather hairy distal sections; and a labrum with four median tubercles bearing a few cilia on the sides. Males have 10 pleural pores, thick ultimate legs armed with claws, and 43 leg pairs. ^[3]

Taxonomy

Chileana araucanensis was originally named Linotaenia araucanensis Silvestri, 1899, and it was later moved to the genus Araucania Chamberlin, 1956. ^[4] However, Araucania Chamberlin was found to be a junior homonym of Araucania Pate, 1947, and thus was renamed Chileana Özdikmen, 2009. ^{[5] [1]}

References

1. "Chileana Özdikmen, 2009". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
2. Vega-Román, Emmanuel; Hugo Ruiz, Víctor (2018). "Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 90 (1): 27–37. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
3. Silvestri, F. (1899). "Contribucion al estudio de los quilopodos chilenos" (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 3: 141–152. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
4. "Araucania araucanensis (Silvestri,1899)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
5. Özdikmen, Hüseyin (2009). "New names for two preoccupied centipede genera (Chilopoda)" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 4 (1): 227–229. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

Further reading

• Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.