Chileana is a genus of soil centipedes in the clade Linotaeniidae and family Geophilidae[1] found in southern Chile.[2] This genus currently includes only one species, C. araucanensis.[1] Females of this species are about 30mm long, with a pale yellow body and a red head; bearing 12–15 pleural pores; long, tapering antennae with sparse basal sections and rather hairy distal sections; and a labrum with four median tubercles bearing a few cilia on the sides. Males have 10 pleural pores, thick ultimate legs armed with claws, and 43 leg pairs.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Linotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Chileana Özdikmen, 2009 |
| Species: | C. araucanensis
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| Chileana araucanensis (Silvestri, 1889)
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Taxonomy
editChileana araucanensis was originally named Linotaenia araucanensis Silvestri, 1899, and it was later moved to the genus Araucania Chamberlin, 1956.[4] However, Araucania Chamberlin was found to be a junior homonym of Araucania Pate, 1947, and thus was renamed Chileana Özdikmen, 2009.[5][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Chileana Özdikmen, 2009". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Vega-Román, Emmanuel; Hugo Ruiz, Víctor (2018). "Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 90 (1): 27–37. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Silvestri, F. (1899). "Contribucion al estudio de los quilopodos chilenos" (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 3: 141–152. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Araucania araucanensis (Silvestri,1899)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Özdikmen, Hüseyin (2009). "New names for two preoccupied centipede genera (Chilopoda)" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 4 (1): 227–229. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
Further reading
edit- Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
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