Pachymerinus australis

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Pachymerinus australis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Pachymerinus
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Pachymerinus australis
Chamberlin, 1920 [1]

Pachymerinus australis is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. [1] [2]

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Description

The original description of this species is based on a specimen measuring 45 mm in length with 71 pairs of legs. [1]

Distribution

The species occurs in New South Wales. [3]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 64 (1): 1–269 [43].
  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 22 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Species Pachymerinus australis Chamberlin, 1920". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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