Cesachile

Cesachile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Linotaeniidae
Genus: Cesachile
Koçak & Kemal, 2008
Species:
C. araucanensis
Binomial name
Cesachile araucanensis
(Silvestri, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Araucania Chamberlin, 1956 (Preocc.)
  • Chileana Özdikmen, 2009
  • Linotaenia araucanensis Silvestri, 1899

Cesachile is a genus of soil centipedes formerly placed in the family Linotaeniidae, which is now deemed to be a clade in the family Geophilidae. Centipedes in this genus are found in southern Chile. This genus currently includes only one species, C. araucanensis. Females of this species are about 30mm long, with a pale yellow body and a red head; bearing 12–15 pleural pores; long, tapering antennae with sparse basal sections and rather hairy distal sections; and a labrum with four median tubercles bearing a few cilia on the sides. Males have 10 pleural pores, thick ultimate legs armed with claws, and 43 leg pairs.

Taxonomy

Cesachile araucanensis was originally named Linotaenia araucanensis Silvestri, 1899, and it was later moved to the genus Araucania Chamberlin, 1956. However, Araucania Chamberlin was found to be a junior homonym of Araucania Pate, 1947, and was renamed Cesachile Koçak & Kemal in 2008, and unnecessarily renamed yet again as "Chileana" by Özdikmen in 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 "Chileana Özdikmen, 2009". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Vega-Román, Emmanuel; Hugo Ruiz, Víctor (2018). "Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 90 (1): 27–37. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Silvestri, F. (1899). "Contribucion al estudio de los quilopodos chilenos" (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 3: 141–152. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Araucania araucanensis (Silvestri,1899)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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