Pachymerium antipai is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family found in Romania.[1] This species is yellow-brown and can reach 30 mm in length.[2] A review of the original description of this species suggests that P. antipai may be a junior synonym of P. ferrugineum.[3]

Pachymerium antipai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Pachymerium
Species:
P. antipai
Binomial name
Pachymerium antipai
Câpuse, 1968

References edit

  1. ^ 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 antipai Căpuşe, 1968". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  2. ^ Matic, Zachiu (1972). "Clasa Chilopoda Subclasa Epimorpha". Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania (in Romanian). 6 (2). Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania Bucuresti: 1-220 [166].
  3. ^ 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.