''Chileana'' is a genus of soil centipedes in the clade

Linotaeniidae Linotaeniidae are a monophyletic clade of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae found mostly in the temperate regions of the Holarctic as well as the south Andes. Species in the clade Linotaeniidae are characterized by a body that usually t ...

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Geophilidae The Geophilidae are a polyphyletic, cosmopolitan family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Geophiloidea containing the mostly defunct clades Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, Chilenophilinae, and Macronicophilidae. Species in ...

found in southern Chile. It currently has only one species, ''C. araucanensis''. 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.

Taxonomy

''Chileana araucanensis'' was originally named ''Linotaenia araucanensis'' Silvestri, 1899, and it was later moved to the genus ''Araucania'' Chamberlin, 1956. However, ''Araucania'' Chamberlin was found to be a senior homonym of ''Araucania'' Pates, 1947, and thus was renamed ''Chileana'' Özdikmen, 2009.

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