Pachymerium tabacarui

Pachymerium tabacarui is a species of centipede in Geophilidae family that is endemic to Romania.[1] The original description of this species is based on a female specimen from the Carpathians measuring 15 mm in length with 53 pairs of legs.[2][3] Some authorities consider this description consistent with a juvenile specimen of P. ferrugineum and therefore deem P. tabacarui to be a junior synonym of that species.[3][4] A more recent review of this description suggests that P. tabacarui is a junior synonym of Geophilus flavus rather than P. ferrugineum.[5] Extensive investigations in the Carpathian region have failed to collect any more specimens.[3]

Pachymerium tabacarui
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Pachymerium
Species:
P. tabacarui
Binomial name
Pachymerium tabacarui
Câpuse, 1968

References

  1. "Pachymerium tabacarui Câpuse, 1968". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  2. Căpuşe, Iosif (1968). "Contribution à l'étude des espèces appartenant aux genres Insigniporus Att. et Pachymerium C. L. Koch (Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Gr. Antipa" (in French). 8: 699–719.
  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. 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). "Pachymerium tabacarui Căpuşe, 1968". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  5. Popovici, George (2024-02-08). "A review of the genus Pachymerium C. L. Koch, 1847 (Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) from Romania". Zootaxa. 5406 (4): 588–600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5406.4.7. ISSN 1175-5334.


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