Strigamia acuminata
| Strigamia acuminata | |
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| Photographed in Derbyshire, England | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Strigamia |
| Species: | S. acuminata |
| Binomial name | |
| Strigamia acuminata | |
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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]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ Several sources incorrectly give the date of Leach's description of S. acuminata as 1815.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Strigamia acuminata | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk.
- ↑ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
- ↑ "Shorter Red Centipede (Strigamia acuminata)". iNaturalist Canada.
- ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443 [430]. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
- ↑ Yu, Yifei; You, Chunxue; Jiang, Chao (2025-10-30). "Taxonomy of the Strigamia centipedes from the East Asian mainland (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 101 (4): 2065–2101. doi:10.3897/zse.101.160146. ISSN 1860-0743.
- ↑ Bonato, L.; Chagas Junior, A.; Edgecombe, G.D.; Lewis, J.G.E.; Minelli, A.; Pereira, L.A.; Shelley, R.M.; Stoev, P.; Zapparoli, M. (2016). "Strigamia acuminata (Leach,1815)". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- 1 2 "Strigamia acuminata | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk.
- 1 2 Bonato, Lucio; Danyi, Laszlo; Socci, Antonio Augusto; Minelli, Alessandro (2012-12-20). "Species diversity of Strigamia Gray, 1843 (Chilopoda: Linotaeniidae): a preliminary synthesis". Zootaxa. 3593 (1): 1–39 [8]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3593.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ "Latin Definition for: acuminatus, acuminata, acuminatum (ID: 676) - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict". latin-dictionary.net.
- ↑ "Strigamia acuminata (Leach 1815) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
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