Pachymerinus

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Pachymerinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Pachymerinus
Silvestri, 1905 [1]
Type species
Geophilus millepunctatus
Gervais, 1847

Pachymerinus is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri in 1905. [2] Centipedes in this genus feature elongate heads, elongate forcipules with denticles, scattered coxal pores, and few sternal pores, if any; the intermediate part of the labrum is narrow and has no denticles. These centipedes range from about 3 cm to 8 cm in length, have 47 to 81 pairs of legs, and are found in Chile and southeast Australia. [3] The Australian species Pachymerinus froggatti is notable for its relatively small size, measuring only 28 mm in length. [4] The larger Chilean species P. porteri measures 46 mm in length but can have as few as 47 leg pairs (47 to 49 in males, 47 to 51 in females), [5] [6] the minimum number recorded in this genus. The Chilean species P. pluripes measures only 32 mm in length but can have 79 or 81 leg pairs, [5] [6] the maximum number recorded in this genus. The Chilean species P. canaliculatus is known from a female specimen with 75 leg pairs and is notable for its large size, measuring 75 mm in length. [5] [6]

Species

Valid species: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Silvestri, F (1905). "Fauna Chilensis. Myriapoda". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik (Suppl.). 6 (3): 715–772 [755].
  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 23 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN   978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC   812207443.
  4. ↑ Brölemann, H. W. (1912-04-26). "The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part I.—Chilopoda". Records of the Australian Museum. 9 (1): 37–75 [61]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1912.923. ISSN   0067-1975.
  5. 1 2 3 Silvestri, Filippo (1899). "Contribución al estudio de los Quilópodos chilenos". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (in Latin). 3 (10–11): 141–152 [148–150] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. 1 2 3 Silyestri, Filippo (1905). "Fauna chilensis. Myriapoda". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Supplementheft. 6: 715–772 [758–760] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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