Pachymerinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 range from 3 cm to 8 cm in length, have 47 to 81 pairs of legs, and are found in Chile and southeast Australia.[3]

Species

Valid species:[2]

  • Pachymerinus abbreviates Silvestri, 1905
  • Pachymerinus australis Chamberlin, 1920
  • Pachymerinus canaliculatus (Gervais, 1849)
  • Pachymerinus froggatti Brolemann, 1912
  • Pachymerinus millepunctatus (Gervais, 1847)
  • Pachymerinus multiporus Demange, 1963
  • Pachymerinus pluripes (Silvestri, 1899)
  • Pachymerinus porter (Silvestri, 1899)

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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