Pachymerellus

Pachymerellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Pachymerellus ; Chamberlin, 1920
Type species
	Pachymerellus zygethus; Chamberlin,1920

Last updated January 23, 2024

Pachymerellus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.^[2] The smaller Mexican species, Pachymerellus dentifer, measures only 16 mm in length and has only 43 pairs of legs,^[3] whereas the larger species, P. zygethus , measures 33 mm in length and can have from 47 to 65 leg pairs.^[4]

Species

Valid species:^[2]

Pachymerellus dentifer (Chamberlin, 1943)
Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin, 1920

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References

↑ Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [51].
1 2 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1943). "On Mexican Centipeds". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 7 (3): 1-55 [17].
↑ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2 (1): 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464 – via JSTOR.

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[chamberlin1920-1] Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [51].

[chilobase-2] 1 2 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[3] Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1943). "On Mexican Centipeds". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 7 (3): 1-55 [17].

[:0-4] Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2 (1): 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464 – via JSTOR.

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