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 Edit this 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

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  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. ^ a b c 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.