Pachymerium tabacarui explained

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] 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pachymerium tabacarui Câpuse, 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014034933/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=375197. dead. October 14, 2013. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. 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" . 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 . 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 . Pachymerium tabacarui Căpuşe, 1968 . 2024-01-20 . ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
5. Popovici . George . 2024-02-08 . A review of the genus Pachymerium C. L. Koch, 1847 (Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) from Romania . Zootaxa . en . 5406 . 4 . 588–600 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.4.7 . 1175-5334.