Pachymerellus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.[2] The smaller Mexican species, Pachymerellus dentifer, measures only 16 mm in length and has only 43 pairs of legs,[3] whereas the larger species, P. zygethus, measures 33 mm in length and can have from 47 to 65 leg pairs.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Pachymerellus Chamberlin, 1920[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin,1920
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Species
editValid species:[2]
- Pachymerellus dentifer (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin, 1920
References
edit- ^ Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [51].
- ^ a b 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). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1943). "On Mexican Centipeds". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 7 (3): 1-55 [17].
- ^ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.
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