Strigamia acuminata

Species of centipede From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Strigamia acuminata, commonly called the shorter red centipede,[3] is a species of soil centipede in the subfamily Linotaeniinae, a clade formerly known as the family Linotaeniidae,[4] but now deemed a subfamily within the family Geophilidae.[5][6]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Myriapoda
Class:Chilopoda
Order:Geophilomorpha
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Strigamia acuminata
Photographed in Derbyshire, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Strigamia
Species:
S. acuminata
Binomial name
Strigamia acuminata
(Leach, 1816)[a]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scolioplanes microdon Attems, 1904
  • Scolioplanes brevidentatus Verhoeff, 1928
  • Scolioplanes crinitus Attems, 1929
  • Scolioplanes pachypus Verhoeff, 1935
  • Scolioplanes mediterraneus Verhoeff, 1928
  • Scolioplanes silvaenigrae Verhoeff, 1937
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Description

Strigamia acuminata is red-brown in colour.[7] This species can reach 40 mm in length.[8] Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, females have 39 to 43.[8] Like other Strigamia, it has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw, and large widely scattered coxal pores on the last legs. The specific name acuminata means "pointed, sharp."[1][9]

Habitat

Strigamia acuminata lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales (common in Leicestershire and Rutland),[7] and elsewhere in western and central Europe.[10] It is also recorded in Canada.[11]

Notes

  1. [a]
    Several sources incorrectly give the date of Leach's description of S. acuminata as 1815.[1]

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