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