Pachymerium caucasicum

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Pachymerium caucasicum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Pachymerium
Species:
P. caucasicum
Binomial name
Pachymerium caucasicum
(Attems, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Geophilus caucasicumAttems, 1903

Pachymerium caucasicum is a species of centipede in Geophilidae family. It was described by Carl Attems in 1903 and is endemic to the European part of Turkey. [1] Males of this species have 47 pairs of legs; females have 49 pairs of legs. [2] Authorities now deem P. caucasicum to be a junior synonym of P. ferrugineum . [3] [4]

References

  1. "Pachymerium caucasicum (Attems, 1903)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  2. Attems, Carl (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik (in German). 18: 155-302 [256] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2014-03-03). "Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Europe: a revised list of species, with taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes" . Zootaxa. 3770 (1): 1-136 [51]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3770.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
  4. 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). "Geophilus caucasicus Attems, 1903". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-01-20.