Cesachile

Cesachile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Linotaeniidae
Genus: Cesachile
Koçak & Kemal, 2008
Species:
C. araucanensis
Binomial name
Cesachile araucanensis
(Silvestri, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Araucania Chamberlin, 1956 (Preocc.)
  • Chileana Özdikmen, 2009
  • Linotaenia araucanensis Silvestri, 1899

Cesachile is a genus of soil centipedes formerly placed in the family Linotaeniidae, which is now deemed to be a clade in the family Geophilidae.[1] Centipedes in this genus are 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]

Taxonomy

Cesachile 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 was renamed Cesachile Koçak & Kemal in 2008, and unnecessarily renamed yet again as "Chileana" by Özdikmen in 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b "Chileana Özdikmen, 2009". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ Vega-Román, Emmanuel; Hugo Ruiz, Víctor (2018). "Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 90 (1): 27–37. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Araucania araucanensis (Silvestri,1899)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

Further reading

  • 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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