Cesachile
Genus of centipedes
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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]
| Cesachile | |
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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) | |
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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.
