Strigamia acuminata
Photographed in Derbyshire, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Linotaeniidae
Genus: Strigamia
Species:
S. acuminata
Binomial name
Strigamia acuminata
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

Strigamia acuminata, commonly called the shorter red centipede, is a centipede in the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.[3]

Description

Strigamia acuminata is red-brown in colour.[4] This species can reach 40 mm in length.[5] Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, females have 39 to 43.[5] 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][6]

Habitat

Strigamia acuminata lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales (common in Leicestershire and Rutland),[4] and elsewhere in western and central Europe.[7] It is also recorded in Canada.[8]

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Strigamia acuminata | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  3. ↑ "Shorter Red Centipede (Strigamia acuminata)". iNaturalist Canada.
  4. 1 2 "Strigamia acuminata | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ "Latin Definition for: acuminatus, acuminata, acuminatum (ID: 676) - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict". latin-dictionary.net.
  7. ↑ "Strigamia acuminata (Leach 1815) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
  8. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.


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