Pachymerellus

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]

Pachymerellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Pachymerellus Chamberlin, 1920[1]
Type species
Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin,1920

Species

Valid species:^[2]

• Pachymerellus dentifer (Chamberlin, 1943)
• Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin, 1920