Pachymerium caucasicum explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pachymerium caucasicum (Attems, 1903). https://web.archive.org/web/20131014034928/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=375187. dead. October 14, 2013. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. October 12, 2013.
  2. Attems . Carl . 1903 . Synopsis der Geophiliden . Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik . German . 18 . 155-302 [256] . 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] . 10.11646/zootaxa.3770.1.1 . 1175-5334.
  4. Web site: 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 . 2024-01-20 . ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda).

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