Pachymerium caucasicum

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] Some authorities deem P. caucasicum to be a junior synonym of P. ferrugineum.[3][4]

Pachymerium caucasicum
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P. caucasicum
Binomial name
Pachymerium caucasicum
(Attems, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Geophilus caucasicum Attems, 1903

References

  1. "Pachymerium caucasicum (Attems, 1903)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  2. Attems, Carl (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik (in German). 18: 155-302 [256] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 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)". chilobase.biologia.unipd.it. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  4. 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.


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