Pachymerellus
| Pachymerellus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Pachymerellus Chamberlin, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin,1920 | |
Pachymerellus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920. The smaller Mexican species, Pachymerellus dentifer, measures only 16 mm in length and has only 43 pairs of legs, whereas the larger species, P. zygethus, measures 33 mm in length and can have from 47 to 65 leg pairs.
Species
Valid species:
- Pachymerellus dentifer (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin, 1920
References
- ↑ Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [51].
- 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 1 March 2023.
- ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1943). "On Mexican Centipeds". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 7 (3): 1-55 [17].
- ↑ Archey, Gilbert Edward (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43–70. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.
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